Lazy monday

Monday again. Blue? Do you still using hotmail or Windows live account? Skydrive is online storage I am using now. Just to store all the cab files that I used install on my very outdated HTC Touch (this is windows mobile!). If you don't know what is Windows Mobile, there is nothing to miss, just forget it. :D

okay, skydrive, login to your hotmail or windows live account and look for skydrive on left top and start upload your files that you don't mind if people would steal it. This mean do not store your file that you put all your online account password. Just the files that you want to keep but don't want to waste your hard disk or external hard disk.


Have a nice week ahead!

update: btw, skydrive is 25G of disk space! Not a lot to some of us, but it is still a lot of files you can store there. :)

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Show Desktop in Windows 7

I have migrated to Windows 7 recently, and was a jump straight from Windows XP, not Vista. It is not really a struggling process for me because of a lot of different between Windows XP and Windows 7, because I am OutdatedPenangUncle!
Just joking. :)
Seriously, with the help of search engines, I can get the answers to a lot of questions and issues on Windows 7 and solve it instantly.
One of the big problem I have with Windows 7 is the desktop icons will lost it's locations during switching screen resolution and/or toggling between single and extended windows, I haven't have the solution yet, because I tried a few so-called solutions but they are not working. I will post the solution once I find out, so stay tune or please subscribe to the feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/OutdatedPenangUncle).
Another problem with Windows 7 is the missing "Show Desktop" button from taskbar. I found a few so-called solutions, but it is not what I wanted. What I want is a click and the it minimize all the windows! And then I found out that the "Show Desktop" button has been moved to the right most of the taskbar, yes, it is the small rectangular on the right most of the taskbar. Go ahead click it and click it again to get a fell of it. You got it? Great! Thanks for reading.
I am using Windows 7 Enterprise btw.


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Keep emails and attachments on Storage Card for PPC

Free up your PPC device/internal memory by storing emails and attachments on storage card. The default setting on PPC is to store emails and attachment on internal memory, this create problem when you have a lot of emails and big attachments, it will eventually used up all the internal memory on your PPC.
As we know for PPC, the internal memory is limited to 64M(older PPC)/128M/256M(newer PPC), even you have 512M internal memory, it is still limited (sharing with other programs/files as well).
Okay, for PPC with build-in extended memory like Omnia, you should be fine, but I am not sure the default setting on Omnia is to store emails/attachments on device memory or extended memory (Too bad my brother sold his Omnia few month back, else I can check, if you know, please share with me :) )

Here are the steps:
1. Using the file manager in activesync or PPC (like Total Commander), create the following folders on your Storage Card.

\MAPI
\MAPI\ATTACHMENTS

Or you can name them whatever you want, "Inbox" or "Emails" for example.

2. Now browse to \Windows\Messaging (SmartPhone) or \Windows\MAPI (PocketPC)

Do this step only if you want to save all of your existing mail, move everything in this directory to the new ones on your Storage Card. I sync my emails from PC to PPC, so I don't need to keep them (I skip this step).

3. Now use your registry editor (again, Total Commander can do this job) and navigate to the following registry:

For WM5 Phones: [ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MAPI ]
For WM6 Phones: [ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Settings ]

Then create the following STRING VALUES. Remember to use the paths you created in Step1, if you named them other than MAPI.

Name: AttachPath
String: \Storage Card\MAPI\Attachments

Name: PropertyPath
String: \Storage Card\MAPI

4. Reboot/soft reset your PPC. For WM5, do wait for a while before you soft reset because the system need some time to save the registry. WM6 don't have this problem, you can soft reset immediately.
You should able to see your emails and attachments. If not, double check the string and path your added in registry are match the dir you created in Step1.

Enjoy!

p/s: I just perform these steps few days back after I hard reset my HTC Touch Elfin on Apr25, 2010. So I proved this is working for WM6.1!

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http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/tips
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Tricks, Widgets, Themes, FAQ, Config, and others for SPB Mobile Shell

Got the tricks, widgets, themes, FAQ, config, and others for your SPB Mobile Shell!

For SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 and above:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566045

For older SPB Mobile Shell:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507697

How to Extract CAB files from the Activesync Installer

A lot of times you want to be able to install all your applications directly from you SD card, but most applications don't make that easy. Most of the time all you get from the application vendor is the PC installer. To get the CAB file you can normally do the following:
Most applications make it easy to find the .cab file you need for a direct install on your pocket PC. They are usually located on your desktop PC in the following folders:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\<appname>
  
• C:\Program Files\<appname>
  
• C:\<appname>

In most cases you can just copy and paste the cab file into to your storage card.

The trickier installation routines delete the CAB file after the installation, however the only way to install a program is through a .cab (or to copy an .exe) so every installer has to leave the .cab file on your harddrive for a small portion of time. For those installers here are the steps to getting the files:

1. Connect your device
2. Run the install for the program, click the appropriate yes's until,
3. The Activesync message box for "install to default location" comes up--at this point don't click anything, let it sit
4. Use the windows search or find feature(depending on what version of windows you are using) and search your local drives (including hidden and system folders) for *.cab it helps if you have an idea what the file name might be, or the date of the file, or what the temporary subdirectory it might be placed in is called, regardless that search will list all of the .cab files on your machine at that time.
5. Copy and paste the .cab to your favorite storage location.

Source:
http://blogs.technet.com/vik/archive/2007/06/13/how-to-extract-cab-files-from-the-activesync-installer-and-copy-them-to-your-sd-card.aspx


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MS office tips

For those using MS office a lot!

Some tips for you:
http://www.beinetworks.com/pubs/beinetworks/Tech_Tips_for_End_.cfm


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