ActiveSync starts Non-GUI Outlook

Whenever I boot my PC with my Pocket PC in it’s dock, ActiveSync will run Outlook without it’s GUI in order to synchronize calender and appointments info. This also occurs if I put my PDA into it’s dock without Outlook running. The only way to recover is to kill Outlook from the Task Manager before I can run Outlook with it’s GUI.
Is this typical behavior? Since I have aquired my PDA I have upgraded my Outlook and ActiveSync.
Does anyone know a way to to make ActiveSync run Outlook in full mode?