I checked with him this week as I'm doing more work in this area now, and he told me that the free tool to get this done is called ActiveSync Remote Display. It is part of the Windows Mobile Developer Power Toys, available from Microsoft. I also tested it this week, and I can report that it still works with Active Sync 4.2.
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