Symptom
Windows Mobile 2003 Device prompts to calibrate on power up
Article ID: 44834404
When a device running Windows Mobile 2003 boots up, the user gets prompted to calibrate the device and then has to run through a cut and paste routine.
Facts
All Motorola Solutions devices running Windows Mobile 2003
Root Cause
Known as the “Welcome Screen”, this is standard on the Windows Mobile 2003 operating system.
Resolution
Create a registry file that will disable the Welcome Screen. This will disable everything except the calibration screen.
- Open Notepad on your PC.
- Paste the following text into the document:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Welcome]
”Disable”=dword:FFFFFFFD
- Save the file as notwelcome.reg
- Place the registry file in the Application Folder on the device using ActiveSync.
- Cold boot the device.
