Can i activate friends new ipad using my computer since hers is broken?

Can I activiate friends new ipad using my computer since hers is broken? will it automatically sync my photos and music or can I select not to sync it and just activate it.

Yes. However, if you load anything onto her iPad from your library, when she finally gets her own iTunes up and running again, she'll lose your stuff in lieu of her own library. No big deal. Also, down the road when her own iTunes is up she can do a factory restore on her iPad and then do the process again with all her own stuff. Simple really.
Good luck.

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Only I have tried and tried now to activate to no avail and also tried to activate through iTunes which has also failed
on and off has also not worked unfortunately
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