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How or where to upgrade your ROM or RAM.
How to disable the start menu animation.
How to Speed up your display.
How to animate Windows
How to activate the cleartype font as default for your system.
How you can get a run command in your PDA.
How to restore a backup file in a different pda.
How to change the font characteristics in your PDA.
How to add fonts to your PPC from your desktop PC
How to change the main font and its properties on your PPC.
How to change the IE font to ClearType
How to get access to Secured Web Sites.
How to print using the IR port
How to install a different language ROM in you PDA.
How to workaround the error 113.
How to use my iPaq in Landscape mode
How to build your Power Extension Pack.
How to restore just one file from your ActiveSync backup file.
How to reformat a flashcard
How to change the default input method
How to edit the registry
How to sync your PDA with other than Outlook software
How to play MPEG movies
How to play AVI movies
How to soft reset a pda using eVB code.
How to make a solar charger for your iPaq
How to connect a cell phone to a PPC
How to get the Time and Date in your Top Bar
Where to download Pocket Street 2001 and maps?
How to connect a PPC2000 to the Internet via your PC using the USB cradle, serial cable or IrDa link
How to keep my PDA free of Viruses
How to turn off the screen during the audio playback
How to charge your iPaq using your USB Cradle.
How to synchronize your pda using Bluetooth.
How to sync PPC 2k2 spell check custom dictionary with the one used by Office in your Desktop
How do I print if my printer has not an IR Port?
How to create a Low Battery Warning event in your Sound & Notifications Settings (2k2)
How to connect an external modem to a PDA
How to make the iTask window semi-transparent.
How to fix your sound issue after 2k2 installation (for iPaqs)
How to change the long date format in Today's Screen
How to reduce the amount of time your device is on when it wakes up for an alarm.(2k2)
How to Synchronize via Modem with Your Desktop Running Windows 2000
How to setup a connection between an iPaq and a Nokia 6310 using Bluetooth.
How to rotate the screen in a Toshiba e310/330
How to control your GPRS Data Transfer
How to play mp3s
How to Sync your PC with a folder located in a CF Card
How to open access databases?
How to check emails in yahoo using the PIE?
How to create a backup of Toshiba e570 (Maestro) ROM and restore it back.
How to use Pocket PC software in a HandHeld HP 720.
How to rotate the screen in a HPiPaq 54xx
How to Create Shortcuts to all the standard applications listed in the Settings Screen.
How I can save the MS Reader activation files so I don't have to reactivate it after a hard reset?
How to change the start and end hour and the free days in the calendar?
Wireless Ethernet hidden icon in h221x
Looking for free ebooks
How to get an admin password (Policy applet in your Settings) to prevent users from adding software to the Pocket PC?
How to encode Movies in Divx format for your Pocket PC
How to dump the iPaq's h4150 ROM
How to change the Start Menu Color (WM2K3)
How to change the Tap & Hold Dots Color (WM2K3)
How to install a ROM file downloaded from HP Site in the case when your previous installation using the update utility from HP went wrong.
How to deactivate the "Double Pixeling" feature in WM2003 SE in individual programs.
How or where to upgrade your ROM or RAM (iPaqs).
http://www.pce2000.com/
http://www.times2tech.com/ Now with HP56x RAM upgrade also and dust fix.
http://www.ipaqupgrade.com/
http://www.palmpilotupgrade.com/
http://www.twpda.com ( Taiwan)
http://www.pdaupgrade.de (Based in Germany - takes orders from any country in the world)
How to disable the start menu animation.
This tip will work only in 2k2 and is being published for first time in this site.
HKLM\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu
Change the key Anitype from 6 to 0
I love this trick, the animation slow down the menu and in this way I'm recovering the speed to the same level than in the old PPC 2000.
How to Speed up your display.
You can change the memory used to cache fonts glyphs, this allow you to use more memory to speed up the display.
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\
You can change the "limit" value :
4096 : slow down the display, but use less memory (default setting on Palm-size PC)
8192 : default value on Pocket PC, average memory/performances
16384: speed up the display, but use more memory, twice the default Pocket PC value
How to Animate Windows
Windows can be animated when you open an application, close it, etc.
Run your regedit and look for this key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\GWE\
Change the "Animate" value from 0 to 1.
How to activate the cleartype font as default for your system.
This time I gonna show you how to activate the cleartype font as the default for your system. I found a little tool that is capable of set that for you but my mission is to show you the secret behind this change.
Well, run your RegEdit and open this key.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SHELL
And change the value of Cleartype from 0 to 1
You should soft reset you PDA after this change.
How you can get a run command in your PDA.
If you hold down the speaker (press hard) and tap and hold the clock you will get an interesting 'Run' option.
How to restore a backup file in a different pda.
You will need an BIN/HEX editor.
1. Copy your .stg file from your CF to your PC
2. Open your *.stg file in the BIN/HEX editor
3. Go to line 0x000830 (or 000830, I'm not sure how it is referenced)
4. Go to the 5th column in the line and change "0600" to "0800" and save as a BIN.
5. Copy your file back to your CF.
6. Put the CF in the new PDA where you want to restore all your files and info.
7. Run the backup utility in your pda and select the Restore option.
Note: Read the warning at the beginning of this page.
How to change the font characteristics in your PDA.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\BarFnt\Nm: the name of the font
to use for the menu bar... Try Arial here (Note: You should copy the arial.ttf from your pc into your pda before you try this.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\BarFnt\Ht: the size for the bar
font. 14 can be a perfect value.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GWE\Menu\PopFnt\Nm: the popup menu font,
Try Arial again here.
How to add fonts to your PPC from your desktop PC
This is a siple trick: just find the ‘Fonts’ folder (c:\windows\font or c:\winnt\font, sometime you have to set the ability of your desktop to see hidden folders) on your desktop and copy the desired .ttf ' in your PDA \windows\font
How to change the main font and its properties on your PPC.
Open your regedit in your PDA and look for the key:
\HKLM\SYSTEM\GDI\SYSFNT
There you will find 5 keys:
1. CS- Do not change this one.
2. Ht- use this to set the font height.
3. It- 0 means normal, 1- Means italic. (in reality 0 means false, 1 means true)
4. Nm- the default is Tahoma, you can change this with the name of you favorite font i.e. ‘Times New Roman’. In your pda you have only two fonts loaded Tahoma and Courier, if you want Times New Roman you should copy it from your desktop into your PDA.
5. Wt- controls how boldness of the system font, you will notice some change with values over 650, the default is 400.
How to change the IE font to ClearType
(the one used in MSReader):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
Change "ClearTypeText"=0 to 1.
How to get access to Secured Web Sites.
Many web sites that require encryption do not verify if your browser support high encryption, they just check the browser version.
This registry hack will make Pocket Internet Explorer identifies itself as Internet Explorer 5.5 running on Windows 2000, this may let you connect to web site that check the browser version, but it will also prevent web sites that provide Pocket PC specific content to be able to know you're actually using a Pocket PC.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\
Change the default value from "Mozilla/2.0" to "Mozilla/4.0".
Change the "Version" value from "MSIE 3.02" to "MSIE 5.5".
Change the "Platform" value from "Windows CE" to "Windows NT 5.0".
Some web sites may even just compare the user agent string, so if this is not enough, browse to the Post Platform\ sub key and delete the "240x320" value (it have no data).
How to print using the IR port
-One of the best is PocketPrintCE from www.fieldsoftware.com. This will allow you to print TXT and Word documents. The version 0.3 supports Pocket Excel files.
-Also You can use Printboy CE which supports Pocket Excel files.
-hp mobile printing for pocket pc: A nice freeware that allows you to print any document, excel, pdf, appointments or emails.
How to install a different language ROM in you PDA.
Open the ROM file to flash in a hex editor, you will find something like:
iPAQ 3600-ENG-1.??
Replace "ENG" with your current country code ("GER" for German, "SPA" for Spanish....), then copy this "tuned" image to a country specific folder: "German", "Spanish", etc. In this way you will be able to full Compaq's upgrade utility.
I received recently more information about this topic from Clemens Becher who did this trick finding more details that should be considered. In this case He was trying to change the ROM of his iPaq from German to English.
Hi Frank,
The following steps were done:
Unpacked the self extracting SP21403.EXE File which results into UpgradeUt.exe and a directory "english"
Copy the "english" directory to the language version of the iPAQ. See table below. If you don't have the directory of your iPAQ's language the Upgrade Utility will display an error that the flash file isn't found.
Inside the "language" directory you will find a file NK_Mag21403WWE.nbf which is the 16meg upgrade for the flash.
Hexedit this file: The first 32 bytes will look like this:
iPAQ 3600-ENG-2.14-88c7---------
You have to modify ENG (language abbrevation) and 88c7 (byte-checksum). The values for some languages are in the table below. If the language abbr. or checksum is wrong the upgrade utility will display that the file is corrupt...
Remember to close the file in the Hex-Editor (the Upgrade Utility needs full access) after modification.
For upgrade of the unit I would completely reset the iPAQ (hold action key while pressing reset - you will see a parot on the screen, than press reset again). After inserting into the cradle setup the partnership as guest and verify that the connection with active sync is stable for 10 min. Be careful with your Power-Scheme (no Standby, ...). I also switched of the power saving in the iPAQ.
Run the Upgrade Utility and don't forget to make a backup of your ROM (this is an option in that program). Don't touch your PC during upgrade - don't use any other USB device!
After successful upgrade I had to install the english version of Active Sync 3.5 as the german version wasn't working with USB (serial & network were working) - this might be an error of my PC - please try to reboot your pc first.
Table of languages:
Directory
Language abbr.
Hex-Codes
Result & Calc.
Checksum
english
"E" + "N" + "G"
45 + 4E + 47
DA + 87ed
88c7
german
"G" + "E" + "R"
47 + 45 + 52
DE + 87ed
88cb
spanish
"S" + "P" + "A"
53 + 50 + 41
E4 + 87ed
88d1
french
"F" + "R" + "E"
46 + 52 + 45
DD + 87ed
88ca
The Hex value 87ed was the result of the original checksum minus the Hex-sum of the original language (88c7-DA). This calculation makes it easier to calculate the checksum for other languages. Just use calc.exe in scientific mode (switch to hex).
Warning: doing this you can void your warranty.
please report errors to iPAQ@stieldorf.net. Thanks Clemens B.
I got another way from my friend PepeGG: What he does basically is the first three steps then he runs the upgrade utility until that point where it asks to push the upgrade button, then without leaving the utility he goes and open the .nbf file and change just the ENG for SPA or any language you want, then he returns to the upgrade utility and pushes the Upgrade button.
How to change the language in a HP iPaq 39xx (Thanks to César Gómez)
How to change the language in a HP iPaq 221x (Thanks to Godwin Darmanin)
How to workaround the error 113.
Compaq Policy regarding iPAQ Pocket PCs with unauthorized Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Operating System
The following instructions are a workaroud in case the Compaq's Patch does not resolve the error 113.
The file causing the error 113 is the bootloader so we have to replace it for a new file. This is the only workaround, it's easy and save if you follow the instructions, it's tested and it works. Here are the instructions. And here are the files you will need for this workaround.
Note: this workaround works and can be used at any case when the bootloader gets corrupted during the installation of any version of ROM, it's not only a solution for those with 2k2 version 2.07.
Note: I'm not responsible for any damage you can cause to your PDA using this information. For any help use the contact information provided in the link. This page is not recommending the use of any unauthorized version of 2K2. This information is provided to complement the the one provided by Compaq and as a result of many reports about the failure of Compaq's patch.
How to use my iPaq in Landscape mode.
You can use one of these programs:
Nyditot
http://jimmysoftware.com/Software/Landscape2/
How to build your Power extension pack.
http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/Casio/DennisWolfe/BatteryExtender/BatteryExtender.htm
How to restore just one file from your ActiveSync backup file.
ActiveSync Backup File Restorer 0.2: I was looking for such application for a long time. " If you want to restore only some special files from the bulky backup file generated by Microsoft ActiveSync, STGViewer just meet your need"
How to reformat a flashcard
Flash Format
http://www.pdaresources.com/formatflashcard.htm
http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html (Format, Scan & Defrag)
Pocket Mechanic (Format, Defragment, Scan and Repair, Benchmark, Test for Physical Errors, Delete Unused Files & Clean the Registry)
How to change the default input method (this trick is only for English ROM)
Look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sip\
Change the "DefaultIm" value for:
Input Method ClassID
Keyboard {42429667-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
Character Recognizer {42429690-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
Block Recognizer {42429691-ae04-11d0-a4f8-00aa00a749b9}
WordLogic {4345EA53-B8A5-4E24-A14A-F7C34DD78077}
Transcriber and Calligrapher cannot be set to use this trick.
Warning: This trick can be very dangerous. My recommendation is to use Tweaks2K2 for this trick. Do not try this trick in any other language ROM.
How to edit the registry
Registry Editor (freeware and excellent)
http://www.phm.lu/Products/regedit.asp
How to sync your PDA with other than Outlook software
http://www.pumatech.com/intellisync.html
http://www.laplink.com/products/pdasync/overview.asp
How to play MPEG Movies.
To play MPEG files you'll need www.pockettv.com - it's a freeware program
for playing MPEG files.
How to play AVI movies
http://www.projectmayo.com/ and look for PocketMVP
BetaPlayer a really fast player.
How to soft reset a pda using eVB code.
I was looking for this code for a long time and in everywhere the answer was the same it can not be done from eVB. I'm talking about soft reset a pda. So far the what I was doing (and everybody) was calling a dll created in eVC for this purpose. Now, thanks to Jon Nelson we have the code in eVB.
declare function KernelIoControl lib "coredll" ( _
ByVal dwIoControlCode as long, ByVal lpInBuf as string, _
ByVal nInBufSize as long, lpOutBuf as string, _
ByVal lnOutBufferSize as long, ByVal lpBytesReturned as long) as boolean
Const IOCTRL_HAL_REBOOT = 16842812
dim bReset as Boolean
Dim lValue as long
bReset = KernelIOControl(IOCTRL_HAL_REBOOT,"",0,"",0,lValue)
How to make a solar charger for your iPaq
http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/iPAQ/HartW/SolarCharger.htm
How to connect a cell phone to PPC.
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/cheap-wireless-ipaq-article.html
How to get the Time and Date in your Top Bar
Open the PPC registry and look for the following key
\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell
Add a D_WORD Value TBOpt and make it equal to 3.
Where to download Pocket Street 2001 and maps?
Thanks to Tim Conner
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/uplink/streets.asp
http://poketmaps.homeip.net/ This is the best site to find maps.
How to connect a PPC200 to the Internet via your PC using the USB cradle, serial cable or IrDa link
http://www.tekguru.co.uk/PPC_Tutorial/usbtonet/usbtonet.htm
How to keep my PDA free of Viruses
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/columns/viruses.asp
How to turn off the screen during the audio playback
That's is possible. Just within the Windows Media Player go to
tools/settings/bottoms, select function Screen Toggle, Push the button you
want to use for this task and that's it.
How to charge your iPaq using your USB Cradle.
Here's how you can modify your cradle to do just that so you can use your AC adapter at work or to beat your kids when you get home after a long day.
I found a second way to do the same and easier. Just run a single jumper wire between the red cable of your power input and the red power wire coming out of the USB cable (marked H2 on the circuit board). I didn't put the AC adapter socket back in properly, leave it loose inside the cradle casing and turned to the side so no one could possibly plug it in by accident.
For iPaqs 38xx just follow the instructions from this page.
Another point. Do it in one way or another, but do not try to do both ways simultaneously!
How to synchronize your pda using Bluetooth.
http://www.ppcshowcase.com/hardware/ipaq_3870_bluetooth_how_to.htm
How to sync PPC 2k2 spell check custom dictionary with the one used by Office in your Desktop
Sent by Mark to msn.news: "I've managed to get my PPC 2002 spell check custom dictionary to sync with the desktop one used by Office, so that I don't have to add all my technical
terms all over again:
ON PPC:
1) Using a registry editor, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Spell Check
2) Change the User_Dict value to \My Documents\Custom.dic
3) Using File Explorer, cut and paste the file "custom.dic" from the windows
folder into the My Documents Folder.
ON THE DESKTOP:
1) Open Word, and go to Tools/Options/Spelling and Grammar tab. Click on
Custom Dictionaries, and take note of the location of your custom.dic file
2) Using Windows Explorer, copy (not cut) and paste Custom.dic from that
location into the My Documents folder that syncs with you PPC.
3) Go back to Word, and Click Add.
4) Browse to your newly pasted Custom.dic, and click OK.
5) Click on the newly added dictionary, and then click Change Default.
6) Click OK twice.
Done. As far as I can tell, making these changes in Word also makes the same
changes for the other Office programms, so you don't have to go into each
separately."
How do I print if my printer has not an IR Port?
You need an IR adaptor:
http://www.actisys.com/actir100.html
How to create a Low Battery Warning event in your Sound & Notifications Settings
This is the only way is to turn off the warning if you want. To do that you can go and change your registry key in this way:
Look for:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A87
7D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}
And create a String Key
Default="Low Battery Warning"
Then do a soft reset.
Doing this change you will have a new notification option in your Settings\Sound and notifications called Low Battery Warning.
This trick is included in Tweaks2k2 if you don't feel comfortable changing your registry.
How to connect an external modem to a PDA
http://www.btinternet.com/~chickpea/externalmod.html
How to make the iTask window semi-transparent.
Posted at PDAbuzz by Jerrytroll.
"This is a neat little trick that will allow you to make the iTask window semi-transparent.
In the registry, go to:
HKEY_Classes_User\Software\Thumbs Up!\iTask
then, go to the value dwTrans. the higher the number means more transparency. This seems to use a 0-1000 scale, so around 200 is where you'll really start to notice it. I have mine set to 400 right now and it looks pretty cool."
How to fix your sound issue after 2k2 installation
Driver updates to fix the noise issue that occurs with Pocket PC 2002 on iPAQ H3600 and H3700 models with ROM version 2.14.
How to change the long date format in Today's Screen
Sometime you can find a long date format from those provided by default by Microsoft. Here is the solution:
In the registry at "HKLM/nls/orverrides" there is a string value called SLDte (If you don't have it, just create one as REG_SZ). In this key you can change the style of the date to anything you want. I changed mine to "dddd, MMMM d, yyyy", this gets rid of the leading zero in the day (the default provide my Microsoft is "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy".
First time published at this site. Thanks to Steve Smith for this wonderful hack.
How to reduce the amount of time your device is on when it wakes up for an alarm.
We can reduce the amount of time for 180 to 60 seconds saving energy in this way.
Look for this key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power
And change the value of WakeupPowerOff from 180 to 60.
First time published at this site.
How to setup a connection between an iPaq and a Nokia 6310 using Bluetooth.
Here you will find an interesting article about how to get the GPRS phone Nokia 6310 and Compaq iPaq 3850 connected over Bluetooth using the Socket Communication's Bluetooth Connection Kit.
How to rotate the screen in a Toshiba e310/330
Look for this key in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Drivers\ Display\ mq120 \
Change the Rotate value to 1 and soft reset the PPC.
Warning!: You will lose the aligment of the screen and to get it back aligned is very painful because you have to guess the new locations of all the buttons on your screen and mainly you have to use the hardware buttons to navigate the menu and hit enter when it's needed. If you want a better way just use Tweaks2k2.
How to control your GPRS Data Transfer
Spb GPRS Monitor is a complete solution for measuring the amounts of data transfers via your GPR, WiFi, CDMA or GSM network connection and calculating network usage costs. Spb GPRS Monitor watches all data transfers you perform and calculates the cost of your GPRS usage taking into account your service plan details such as inclusive data amount, data block size. etc.
How to play mp3s
A withMP3 can handle MP1, MP2 and MP3 audio files and offer convenient interface to use and various functions.
How to sync. a folder located in a CF Card.
That can be done using MightySync
How to open access databases?
You can do that using:
Data On The Run.
Visual CE (very easy to use and powerful tool)
SprintDB
How to check emails in yahoo using the PIE?
Just use this link: http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/raw?dp=mail
How to use Pocket PC software in a HandHeld HP 720.
I recently found this post at http://www.voy.com/24979/4160.html : you can use Pocket PC software in your HP 720, you just need 4 dll files(aygshell.dll/DocList.dll/gx.dll/mfcce301.dll) from pocket pc. and coy them to your 720's windows.
then all pokect pc software can work on your 720.include PDF and realone player.that is very cool.
there is only one problem that is realone has only voice on 720.but no image
Signed by qihailiang
Isn't great?!
How to rotate the screen in a HPiPaq 54xx
Look for this key in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Drivers\ Display\ MQ1100 \
Change the Rotate value to 3 and soft reset the PPC.
Warning!: You will lose the aligment of the screen and to get it back aligned is very painful because you have to guess the new locations of all the buttons on your screen and mainly you have to use the hardware buttons to navigate the menu and hit enter when it's needed. If you want a better way just use Tweaks2k2. Warning: deactivate any password protection on start up. The password protection wont work and you will have to hard reset your pda to get access to it.
How to Create Shortcuts to all the standard applications listed in the Settings Screen.
You can create a shortcut to any of the standard applications listed in the "Settings" screen (Start\Settings)
Open in your PC a NotePad document and type this line (do not hit enter at the end)
28#\windows\ctlpnl.exe cplmain,7
the number is the quantity of characters after the # and up to the end of the line. If applet in the Settings screen has a number, 7 is the calibration screen, 19 is the Connections Screen, etc.
To get different Icons for each short cut you have to add this part to the above short cut
28#\windows\ctlpnl.exe cplmain,7?\Windows\cplmain.cpl,-5080
Save the document as mylink.lnk or what ever name you like but with extension .lnk and copy it to your PPC.;)
You can find more information about this topic here. Shortcuts for PPC2002 (this file includes the icons numbers) .
How I can save the MS Reader activation files so I don't have to reactivate it after a hard reset?
This is what Gerard Ivan Samija, Contributing Editor from http://www.pocketnow.com/ says about this topic:
"Well, you could be dependent upon the whims of Microsoft, and I'll allow that upping the limit to 8 is a cool gesture, but it's still limiting in cases where for whatever reason there are a number of PPC hard resets or replacements required. So I figured out how to backup activation, independent of device name and activation limits. Did it some time ago, and have used it (had to) about 10 times since. Here's the drill:
1) With one activation of your PPC, find these files and copy them to a card:
2) When you have to activate a new or freshly hard-reset PPC, just copy these back to their original locations, being sure not to lose the copies for future activations.
3) Soft reset.
That's it. Works perfectly. The files are in \Windows and in \Windows\AppMgr and in the device root for the big one. That LTP file is not necessary, as it seems only to contain the paths to all the books in my library. Actually, since I discovered that, I deleted the file and then never since have I opened Reader with my big hard drive attached. With only about 10 LIT files in my SD card at any time, the LPT file is now only about 21KB, a pretty big savings in memory. Leave it to Microsoft to waste memory on listing an entire library full of books, while not taking advantage of this big file to make opening the reader any faster!"
How to change the start and end hour and the free days in the calendar?
the How To of this trick can be found here in the best web page about HandHelds PCs:
http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/j7xx.html
And this is what Henri Spagnolo says about this trick:
Goto
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Calendar\ActiveTimes\
Value ActiveTimes
Default value is '2210003E' (hexadecimal) ~ 8:00-17:00; Sa/Su
Pairs of two digits belong together: 22|10|00|3E
The first two pairs (from left to right) count 0,5h (hours) starting at midnight.
You must enable 1/2h view in 'View' Menu to see 1/2h markings.
The second pair defines 'Start of working hours'
The first pair defines 'End of working hours'
The third pair is unused till now (??)
The last pair defines work free days (3E = Sa/Su)
For example: first pair:
22hex = 34dec /2 = 17h ~ 17:00
23hex = 35dec /2 = 17.5h ~ 17:30
The rightmost hex-digit pair (default 3E ~ Su/Mo) is interpreted as follows:
unused,Sa,Fr,Th,We,Tu,Mo,Su where 1=work day, 0=free day
1F(hex) = 00011111(bin) ~ Fr/Sa free days
3E(hex) = 00111110(bin) ~ Sa/Su free days
7C(hex) = 01111100(bin) ~ So/Mo free days
etc.
Result f.ex:
2412007C(hex) = 605159548(dec) ~ 9:00-18:00; Su/Mo
2312003E(hex) = 588382270(dec) ~ 9:00-17:30; Sa/Su
I use the PHM registry editor (www.phm.lu/products); it can handle/show dec, hex and bin values - be careful, have backups!
Use the seven day, 1/2 hour view in Calendar-view to control settings.
The 'first day of week' setting in Calendar-Extras-options is not relevant to free/working days!
That's all
Wireless Ethernet Hidden Icon in h2215
I don't know exactly why this icon has been hidden in our h2215 in other PPCs it is shown in Settings\Connection screen.
To add the icon all you have to do is to open the registry and look for this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Network
then change Hide from 1 to 0, and soft reset your unit.
This trick has been included in the latest version of Tweaks2k2.
Right there in ControlPanel you will find another key called BlueTooth and a subkey called Redirect, if you rename that Subkey to xRedirect and then soft reset your PPC, you will get a new BlueTooth icon in that same connections screen on settings. Unfortunately that applet does not work because all the options are disabled.
How to get an admin password (Policy applet in your Settings) to prevent users from adding software to the Pocket PC?
This trick is part of Tweaks2k2.
But if you want to do it yourself here is how that trick is done:
HKLM\ControlPanel\Password
If you have a Hide value equal to 1 change it to 0
If you have any Redirect rename it to xRedirect.
That's all.
Using Tweaks2k2 you can hide almost all applets in your Start\Settings screens.
How to encode Movies in Divx format for your Pocket PC
The easiest way is using PocketDivxEncoder. This program is fast, and it will allow you to convert in to divx formated for Pocket PC any VOB, OGG, MPG or AVI.
How to dump the iPaq's h4150 ROM
Sometime is very useful to have a backup copy of your ROM that you could restore using other tools in case that your official ROM update goes wrong. If you want to know how to do this, read this article.
How to change the Start Menu Color (WM2K3)
Using a registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color and create a new BINARY value named 39 and make it equal to 00 00 00 00 for Black, FF FF FF 00 for White, FE 00 00 00 for Red and 00 00 FE 00 for Blue.
This trick is part of Tweaks2k2.
How to change the Tap & Hold Dots Color (WM2K3)
Using a registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color and create a new BINARY value named 40 and make it equal to 00 00 00 00 for Black, FF FF FF 00 for White, FE 00 00 00 for Red and 00 00 FE 00 for Blue.
This trick is part of Tweaks2k2.
How to install a ROM file downloaded from HP Site in the case when your previous installation using the update utility from HP went wrong.
1-Download the English ROM of your iPaq on the HP site.
2-Open the ROM with UltraEdit http://www.ultraedit.com/ and delete the firsts 32 first bytes.
3-Save the rom with this name nk.nb0
4-KILL ACTIVESYNC , if ActiveSync it running you wont be able to continue.
4-Download this program http://www.pc-counselor.com/bin/romupdate.zip (the romupdate program and the nk.nb0 should be in the same folder)
5-Switch your iPAQ to bootloader mode (press button 2+ button 3 + power and reset) and then connect it to your usb cable or craddle.
6-Run the romupdate program and select port WCEUSBH001 and click OK
7-Hit Enter until you get a prompt USB>
8-Type this command lnb nk.nb0 and Hit Enter.
9-Wait until the process is ended.
This method have been tested in h2215, h39xx and h36xx and I believe it works in all iPaqs.
How to deactivate the "Double Pixeling" feature in WM2003 SE in individual programs.
The best way to understand what is the difference between a program using VGA and a program using the "Double Pixeling" feature of Windows Mobile 2003 SE is checking this two pictures: Using the Pixeling Feature or QVGA resolution and using the VGA resolution.
Programs that have been designed for QVGA are taking by SE and converted to be seen in VGA doubling each pixel on the screen. That works and it's the salvation of many programs that wont work properly at all without this feature. But what about other programs that were designed for QVGA and if they could be used in VGA mode they would be more useful? This is the case of Acrobat Reader, MS Street Map and others.
So far... people have been deactivating this feature by editing the program and changing the resource file within the program (check this thread and this other thread). But there is an easier way found by one of my friends and beta tester (Angel Garcia). All it is needed is to copy the HI_RES resource file to the same folder where the EXE of the program that you want to change is located and rename it to: nameoftheprogram.exe.languagecode.mui .
For example to deactivate the double pixeling in Acrobat Reader you will have to rename the HI_RES resource file to AcroRd32.exe.0409.mui and copy it to the same folder where the AcroRd32.exe is located in your Pocket PC. The language code for English is 0409 and for Spanish 0c0a (more codes).
A copy of the HI_RES resource file already renamed to be use with Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC can be found here.
Tweaks2K2 .NET version 2.4.0 includes this hack in case you are having problems understanding the procedure or locating the proper language code for your