Question
How to Retain a Partnership through a Cold Boot On a Pocket PC Device?
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How to Retain a Partnership through a Cold Boot On a Pocket PC Device?
Facts
Windows Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 devices
Answer
ActiveSync partnership is lost and must be re-created after the device is cold booted (hard reset). The unit is set back to factory defaults after a cold boot.
Use a registry file to automatically reconfigure the device if it is cold booted.
Use a registry file to automatically reconfigure the device if it is cold booted.
- Create a new text file with notepad.
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident] "Name"="Symbol_MC9062w" ; The name or device ID [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\Partners] "PCur"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\Partners\P1] "PName"="HOST PC NAME" ;The name of the partnered PC "PId"=dword:489463EF
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- Paste these registry settings into the file.
- You can modify the values for the PC name and the device name.
- Save the file as partnership.reg
- Connect to the device through ActiveSync.
- Click the explore button in ActiveSync, and then browse to the Application folder of the device.
- Drag and drop the partnership.reg file into the Application folder.
- The partnership settings will be retained through a cold boot.
