Full WM6 or 6.1 on Shift

[rpawly]

cmonex

when i enterbootloader
screen goes black
then vista tells me the following:

"one of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it

2xclick on it gives
usb controllers
location: port_#0001.Hub_#0002
no drivers installed for this device

i tried to update driver and it says the best driver is already installed.

Dead End

[rpawly]

ok im off shift haxing duty for tonight ttyat

[rosrog]

with Quickmenu (if installed, otherwise download it, check attachment list in this thread) you can access the personal settings where you find the today settings. You should have the standard WM6 items enabled to select if your registry import was correct. Select those and disable the snapvue item. Make sure you have quickmenu working. Some of us me included had an empty todayscreen once :mad:

I'm very grateful. quickmenu is installed and works fine. Now I have an elegant WM6 today screen. thanks to you and all intelligent guys out there.

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

nope i havent and i wont till tito gives up the informatio'n

im not mailing my baby across the ocean again, it was already traumatized by making the trip over here the first time. I got it a green card already and shes staying!!

lol at least thats what my esposa says .... shifty is my new amante now if i can just get my esposa in for a little grupo de tres or some intercambio de parejas with the shift ill be good to go!!

Sorry guys - it was Friday night when i sent the last post and my wife was trying to get me out the door to do some weekend socialising.

Anyhow, this is not hard.

Download and install a registry editor (there's the really simple one mentioned earlier that you download, unrar, rename file to .exe, etc.) or, now that we've all got access to file manager you could install resco or total commander.

Then, go into the registry to HKLM\Services and delete the service that runs snapvue.dll. I'd tell you the name but it isn't there on mine - because I deleted it a few days ago. :rolleyes:

Then when you reboot you don't get the black bars - and you actually get to keep any theme you might have previously selected.

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

Also, having stopped snapvue you now have access to the standard start menu, although you won't see it (the icon isn't there).

When you run RealVGA, the icon is put back.

So, unless you really like Quickmenu, you can unistall that too.

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

ahhhh, yes, yes The problem is snapvue service is necesary to get 3g connectivity in vista side....:(


Danieal, I'm sure this is not true.

I am not running snapvue at all and I have perfect 3g connectivity on both sides.

[sacramoso]

ok im off shift haxing duty for tonight ttyat

Hi Guys,
it could be very useful, mainly for beginners - like me - to summarize, in a normal basic English language - of course step by step - how can we use WM6 on Shift in normalmode, how can we add new programs, how can we sync wit Vista without Exchange server etc. I know it is written in this topic but I hope it could be a good help for everybody.
thx.

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

Hi Guys,
it could be very useful, mainly for beginners - like me - to summarize, in a normal basic English language - of course step by step - how can we use WM6 on Shift in normalmode, how can we add new programs, how can we sync wit Vista without Exchange server etc. I know it is written in this topic but I hope it could be a good help for everybody.
thx.

I'm working on a full guide to getting from "factory settings" to "something usable" right now.

It may take me a while. :eek:

[danielherrero]

Hi.
Finally I took courage and installed realvga again, and spanish language pack. Dont worry, all works now but had the same problem that before but this time I did it in a safe way. Its confirmed that after install realvga, when system boots doesnt execute windows|inicio but windows\startup. I dont know why.....
Its really nice to manage file explorer, mail, etc with real vga, hehe. Does someone know where there is a link to office cab?

[Settembrini]

I'm working on a full guide to getting from "factory settings" to "something usable" right now.

It may take me a while. :eek:

Hi Tito,
that's fantastic. Same point as nemeth, I do not understand all of what you and the others have done so far, but I am fascinated and before I start meddling with WM I would really appreciate a manual for a "semi-idiot" in these matters.
For example, when I am brave enough to change VGA where do I get the file? In which folder? Has the original file to be deleted, probably in same folder and so on on...
Hope this isn't asked too much.
Keep up the magnificent work!

Settembrini

[michael85]

About the memory on snapvue, this is stated on the HTC site:
RAM: 1GB DDR2 microDIMM RAM for Vista + 64 MB for SnapVUE™
ROM: 128 MB for SnapVUE™

I don't have that much on SnapVUE. Maybe they hide something? :confused:

[michael85]

we have the rom but cannot release it as is.

we can provide you with some files from it though.

what is needed?
Just a question, why is it you can't release it?
Will they know it comes from you?

I heard somewhere that the beta rom includes WiFi, SD an GPS access.
Is this true? Is it simple to compare the rom I have now with the beta rom to see where the WiFi, SD and GPS differences are? (I think drivers)

[rpawly]

About the memory on snapvue, this is stated on the HTC site:


I don't have that much on SnapVUE. Maybe they hide something? :confused:

I definitely dont have tha much in snapvue!

[michael85]

I definitely dont have tha much in snapvue!
Me neither! But it's weird that this is stated in the specifications on the HTC site.
I extracted the spl yesterday for cmonex and also saw the less ammount of mb.

85.88M FLASHDR
| 3.12M Part00
| 3.50M Part01
| 41.75M Part02
| 37.50M Part03

[rpawly]

Me neither! But it's weird that this is stated in the specifications on the HTC site.
I extracted the spl yesterday for cmonex and also saw the less ammount of mb.

so from the spl can you tell what the address spaces contain?

we dumped them all but i cant read that stuff lol

[michael85]

so from the spl can you tell what the address spaces contain?

we dumped them all but i cant read that stuff lol
Lol, don't know that much about it :p
Maybe we can only see the space it has used and not the free space with this... :confused:

Ahhh... I wish I could read that stuff and program my own things too.....



EDIT:

Anyone noticed we have 52 pages within 1 month about this topic :D:D

[rpawly]

ya we need a mmmm irc channel or something equivelant for working on stuff posting is tuff when in middle of something and waiting for email notifications to travel the net then person to check email and respond in kind.

[michael85]

ya we need a mmmm irc channel or something equivelant for working on stuff posting is tuff when in middle of something and waiting for email notifications to travel the net then person to check email and respond in kind.
The only problem is the different timezones and not everyone knows how to use IRC ;)

I do, used it in the past but now I'm not using it anymore for a long time.
I noticed that the XDA ftp is down. Any reason for this?
I'm willing to setup an ftp for file sharing for the shift :) (yes only for the shift :D)

[rpawly]

The only problem is the different timezones and not everyone knows how to use IRC ;)

I do, used it in the past but now I'm not using it anymore for a long time.
I noticed that the XDA ftp is down. Any reason for this?
I'm willing to setup an ftp for file sharing for the shift :) (yes only for the shift :D)

well this thread has 20 thousand views so far, if they all download 1 attachment ............................................ ya know be careful with your bandwidth

[rpawly]

we also need to find a memory chip to replace the 1GB we have now

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376237

[danielherrero]

Hi.
I wanted to share with you how looks winmo with realvga:)
NOT ENGLISH USERS REMEMBER to create the directory \windows\Startup and copy the links you have in \windows\inicio (in spanish) because once realvga is installed then window will execute \windows\startup links on startup,not your original startup directory (the name depends on the languaje, Inicio in spanish)
Dani

[rpawly]

daniel youve been a bad boy, YOU DIDNT WAIT!!!

[danielherrero]

hehehe, I know it but I did many safety issues.

[killer_t]

hehehe, I know it but I did many safety issues.
This is the link for intaller
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830

Can you write Step by step how to do to install? please..

[rpawly]

Can you write Step by step how to do to install? please..

were working on it killer

[killer_t]

were working on it killer


Thanks.... i wait.. :D

Daniel you are the brave!!!

[rpawly]

Thanks.... i wait.. :D

Daniel you are the brave!!!

daniel has good skills in winmo and understands why things work not just how they work in the OS

[danielherrero]

Hi
Please wait for the step by step guide tito is preparing. As you know realvga can brick your device (I bricked mine 4 days ago). I only wanted to show you how will look your device very soon :)

[citivolus]

does the webcam work in WM6? you can test this with Microsoft Portrait.

thanks!

[rpawly]

i agree Daniel, i know more than most and im waiting, daniel has a ACE up his sleeve, he got his shift at a local store lol, instant exchange. even if his daughter tells him its bad! :)

[michael85]

i agree Daniel, i know more than most and im waiting, daniel has a ACE up his sleeve, he got his shift at a local store lol, instant exchange. even if his daughter tells him its bad! :)
About the instant exchange, you can also use Windows Live Messenger with windows mail ;)

[michael85]

well this thread has 20 thousand views so far, if they all download 1 attachment ............................................ ya know be careful with your bandwidth
Only for the people who are posting in this thread could get a PM with account details. (and people who are working on it off course)

Let me know if you guys are interested in this :)

[rpawly]

About the instant exchange, you can also use Windows Live Messenger with windows mail ;)

did that go over my head, or was it lost in translation?

[michael85]

did that go over my head, or was it lost in translation?
What do you mean? :confused:

[rpawly]

Only for the people who are posting in this thread could get a PM with account details. (and people who are working on it off course)

Let me know if you guys are interested in this :)
post it in the project section and see if the true developers are interested.

[rpawly]

What do you mean? :confused:

Exactly lol

[michael85]

Exactly lol
Edit... just wait for the tutorial from the other members :)

post it in the project section and see if the true developers are interested.
Will do that, thanks for the hint

[rpawly]

Micheal,

I mean that he can physically exchange his Shift at a local store if he bricks it.

LOL

[michael85]

Micheal,

I mean that he can physically exchange his Shift at a local store if he bricks it.

LOL
Hahaha lol :D I thought and Exchange emailaccount for pushmail :D
Ahh well, now everyone can use snapvue with Windows Live ;)

[Pantaloonie]

Micheal,

I mean that he can physically exchange his Shift at a local store if he bricks it.

LOL

And how many more times do you think they'll let him do this? ;)

[rpawly]

Guys and Gals,

Please make sure everyone donates to the Shift Project. It will allow the Developers to get ahold of a device and really get down to work on creating a device we can all really use instead of just these rudimentary hax.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375898

[rpawly]

And how many more times do you think they'll let him do this? ;)

hehe, I hear you! Dunno depends on how smooth of a talker he is, I would suppose :)

[michael85]

And how many more times do you think they'll let him do this? ;)
I think they won't let him exchange it again :p

[rpawly]

I think they won't let him exchange it again :p

oh i could get 3 at least!!!

<--------Smooth Talka ............ errrrr bleh

[danielherrero]

hehe. The seller told me "If the device bricks again maybe you want to choose other model..."But I said..."No, I want thisi model. I will try to not brick it again". In this shop (El corte ingles) if the owner want to return it because he doesnt like or change it the first 15 days then the manufacturer must accept without any cost for the buyer or the shop, so teorically I can return it n times. Anyway I prefer not to try it again......;)

[michael85]

hehe. The seller told me "If the device bricks again maybe you want to choose other model..."But I said..."No, I want thisi model. I will try to not brick it again". In this shop (El corte ingles) if the owner want to return it because he doesnt like or change it the first 15 days then the manufacturer must accept without any cost for the buyer or the shop, so teorically I can return it n times. Anyway I prefer not to try it again......;)
Hmhm... I live in the wrong country.. Here it's send to HTC to repair it and then you'll get your own device back.
I'm only going on holiday to Spain now, just think I can beter move to Spain. :p
Weather is much beter over there :D

[rpawly]

hehe. The seller told me "If the device bricks again maybe you want to choose other model..."But I said..."No, I want thisi model. I will try to not brick it again". In this shop (El corte ingles) if the owner want to return it because he doesnt like or change it the first 15 days then the manufacturer must accept without any cost for the buyer or the shop, so teorically I can return it n times. Anyway I prefer not to try it again......;)

awww just take your daughter with you and let her win the shop owner over for you :) que linda

[michael85]

awww just take your daughter with you and let her win the shop owner over for you :) que linda
I think that's not a great idea, I think she is going to tell them herfather is very bad :D

[danielherrero]

I ve to say that I was with my daughter when I returned my device because my wife wasnt at home. Mayby you should try this strategy if you ve to do it, hehe. If the seller is a woman she will accept the change for sure¡¡¡ :p

[michael85]

I ve to say that I was with my daughter when I returned my device because my wife wasnt at home. Mayby you should try this strategy if you ve to do it, hehe. If the seller is a woman she will accept the change for sure¡¡¡ :p
Rpawly you were right! Ahh well, now we all know which strategy we must use if we have a problem and need to return it :rolleyes:

[sbueschi]

Also, having stopped snapvue you now have access to the standard start menu, although you won't see it (the icon isn't there).

When you run RealVGA, the icon is put back.

So, unless you really like Quickmenu, you can unistall that too.

Tito

which realvga did you use and how? is that on the device somewhere or did you load that. If yes can you hive a hint which file (just to avoid i brick something)
thanks

[rosrog]

but with opera mini you have to install jbed no? requires java
you have no email accounts setup?

I'd like to install the opera mini but not sure what jbed file to install first. Any link or attchment will be appreciated.

[michael85]

Tito

which realvga did you use and how? is that on the device somewhere or did you load that. If yes can you hive a hint which file (just to avoid i brick something)
thanks
Please search in this thread. He already said witch one.

[Pantaloonie]

As more people buy the Shift and discover this thread, we will be answering the same questions over and over. If you guys do any step by step instructions, please add them to the Shift wiki - http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Clio

If you don't know how to add to the Wiki, then at least attach your step by step instructions to your post as a .txt file attachment, so they can be easily found by viewing the thread attachments.

[pl670]

SO.
Create shortcut (CTRL C/CTRL V) Through Picture manager of the start menu folder and pasted the shortcut the to settings folder.

Email, REGEDIT.exe and usbtool.

Execute on WM Side. change reg wceload to allow cab install.
Brows from vista to WM, and add realvga11 + 96bpi + quickmenu

Install all

Deleted:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\SnapVue]
"Keep"=dword:00000001
"Prefix"="SVT"
"DLL"="SnapVueTitle.dll"
"Index"=dword:00000000

Import Today.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Owner Info"]
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Selectability"=dword:00000001
"Order"=dword:00000002
"Type"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Messaging"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"Options"=dword:00000000
"Selectability"=dword:00000002
"DLL"="tmailutl.dll"
"Order"=dword:00000003
"Type"=dword:00000004


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Tasks"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Flags"=dword:00000001
"Selectability"=dword:00000001
"Order"=dword:00000004
"Type"=dword:00000003


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Calendar"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Flags"=dword:00000003
"Selectability"=dword:00000001
"Order"=dword:00000005
"Type"=dword:00000001


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Device Lock"]
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"Options"=dword:00000000
"Order"=dword:00000023
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Selectability"=dword:00000002
"DLL"="shutil.dll"
"Type"=dword:00000004


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\ Windows Live]
"Order"=dword:00000008
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Dll"="WLMTodayScreen.dll"
"Type"=dword:00000004
"Selectability"=dword:00000002
"Options"=dword:00000000
"XMLFile"="res:WLMDeckCode:201"
"Height"=dword:00000032
"Transparency"=dword:00000001
"MenuBarDll"=""
"MenuBarID"=dword:00000000
"Flags"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\ Windows Live Search]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"XMLFile"="res:WLMDeckCode:207"
"Type"=dword:00000004
"Transparency"=dword:00000000
"Selectability"=dword:00000002
"Order"=dword:00000009
"Options"=dword:00000000
"MenuBarID"=dword:0000012C
"MenuBarDll"="WLMHSSearchBarResources"
"Height"=dword:0000000F
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"Dll"="WLMTodayScreen.dll"



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Pocket MSN"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Wireless"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\"Internet Calling"]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"Selectability"=dword:00000002
"DLL"="voipphonecanvas.dll"
"Order"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000004


THIS DOES NOTHING FOR ME!!. please advise why i can not add the items into HKLM ?

Also please advise, why I still have the black bars on the WM side of things even though I Have windows mobile loaded only!

I have also removed blocktitlebar still no joy on these black bars.

Please advise. And thanks to all who have got this far!!!!
R

[danielherrero]

I'd like to install the opera mini but not sure what jbed file to install first. Any link or attchment will be appreciated.
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/91837-opera-mini-4-beta-2-released-includes-info-new-java-midlet-manager-2.html

[Pantaloonie]

Tito

which realvga did you use and how? is that on the device somewhere or did you load that. If yes can you hive a hint which file (just to avoid i brick something)
thanks


Real VGA is found here -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830&highlight=real+vga

Don't install it unless you have stopped the snapvue service from running at startup.

[Pantaloonie]

Also please advise, why I still have the black bars on the WM side of things even though I Have windows mobile loaded only!

I have also removed blocktitlebar still no joy on these black bars.

Please advise. And thanks to all who have got this far!!!!
R



Do you mean black bars at the top and bottom, or to the left and right of the display?

[killer_t]

SO.
Create shortcut (CTRL C/CTRL V) Through Picture manager of the start menu folder and pasted the shortcut the to settings folder.

Email, REGEDIT.exe and usbtool.

Execute on WM Side. change reg wceload to allow cab install.
Brows from vista to WM, and add realvga11 + 96bpi + quickmenu


THIS DOES NOTHING FOR ME!!. please advise why i can not add the items into HKLM ?

Also please advise, why I still have the black bars on the WM side of things even though I Have windows mobile loaded only!

I have also removed blocktitlebar still no joy on these black bars.

Please advise. And thanks to all who have got this far!!!!
R


From Fabric factory i haven't touch NOTHING in Vista side...

In Windows mobile side

- Open new mail and into add file, chose image. Here copy/paste the folder startup in my document use ctrl-c ctrl-v.
- Send to you mail with taskmgr.exe and usbtools.exe, and this annex copy into startup folder just copied.
- Copy annex taskmng.exe into my document-startup
- Now recopy this folder into windows tree (use new mail, add image ctrl-c ctrl-v....)
- Reste SnapVUE from Vista.
- After restart, taskmanager appears and set to manual and stop SnapVue (SVT0: ) in Service tab.
- With regedit addon (in taskmanager) i go in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Cabfile\Shell\Open\command\ and under Value Data i have type wceload.exe "%1" /nodelete.
- With usbtool you can connect the 2 Side, and share file.
- Remember, add in windows/startup a shorthcut to clearstorage.exe.

Reset all.
enjoy!!:)

[pl670]

Do you mean black bars at the top and bottom, or to the left and right of the display?


LEFF and Right........ Could you also please expain why I can not add the reg files to the today screen? (except for me being THICK ;) )

[Pantaloonie]

LEFF and Right........ Could you also please expain why I can not add the reg files to the today screen? (except for me being THICK ;) )


OK... the black bars that we have been talking about removing were the ones at the top and bottom of the screen - they were placed there by the snapvue service to hide the start button and taskbar.
The black areas at the left and right are caused by WinMo running at it's native resolution, nothing can be done about them - yet.


As for the reg files, have you imported the attached file using a registry editor?

[pl670]

OK... the black bars that we have been talking about removing were the ones at the top and bottom of the screen - they were placed there by the snapvue service to hide the start button and taskbar.
The black areas at the left and right are caused by WinMo running at it's native resolution, nothing can be done about them - yet.


As for the reg files, have you imported the attached file using a registry editor?

I have a toshiba g900 its native res is 800x480 and it runs full screen by default. what would i need to copy to port the settings accross?

[Pantaloonie]

I have a toshiba g900 its native res is 800x480 and it runs full screen by default. what would i need to copy to port the settings accross?


Very good question - I don't know. But I do know that cmonex and others will be looking into solving this.

[pl670]

OK... the black bars that we have been talking about removing were the ones at the top and bottom of the screen - they were placed there by the snapvue service to hide the start button and taskbar.
The black areas at the left and right are caused by WinMo running at it's native resolution, nothing can be done about them - yet.


As for the reg files, have you imported the attached file using a registry editor?

As for the reg, I get Syntax Error, Both through PHM and TRE regedits any other ideas?

[sbueschi]

Real VGA is found here -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327830&highlight=real+vga

Don't install it unless you have stopped the snapvue service from running at startup.

Thanks Pantaloonie, yes i deleted first the snapvue.dll in the registry under the snapvue service. (only the dll line, not the whole snapvue service-folder) and the bars are gone. Installing realvga and the 96dpi cab now. So far i have proper 3G connection still on both sides

[danielherrero]

The people hasnt waited fot the tito's guide to intall realvga so I ve to repeat a very important thing. If your winmo isnt english edition then create the directory \windows\startup and coopy to it the content of \windows\inicio (in spanish edition, for example) because after install realvga the system wont execute the original startup directory but \windows\startup (like english edition)

[Pantaloonie]

The people hasnt waited fot the tito's guide to intall realvga so I ve to repeat a very important thing. If your winmo isnt english edition then create the directory \windows\startup and coopy to it the content of \windows\inicio (in spanish edition, for example) because after install realvga the system wont execute the original startup directory but \windows\startup (like english edition)

Thanks Daniel, I forgot about that. This was the cause of your bricked unit, so it is very important info!

[sbueschi]

Thanks Pantaloonie, yes i deleted first the snapvue.dll in the registry under the snapvue service. (only the dll line, not the whole snapvue service-folder) and the bars are gone. Installing realvga and the 96dpi cab now. So far i have proper 3G connection still on both sides

all worked fine, snapvue is in the coma, realvga works great and both vista and WM with no issues. Thanks. Cheers, S

[rosrog]

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/91837-opera-mini-4-beta-2-released-includes-info-new-java-midlet-manager-2.html

Daniel, thanks to you. its working fine. I'm grateful.

[killer_t]

The people hasnt waited fot the tito's guide to intall realvga so I ve to repeat a very important thing. If your winmo isnt english edition then create the directory \windows\startup and coopy to it the content of \windows\inicio (in spanish edition, for example) because after install realvga the system wont execute the original startup directory but \windows\startup (like english edition)

Installed correctly :D but the Characters are too small

[danielherrero]

Thanks Daniel, I forgot about that. This was the cause of your bricked unit, so it is very important info!

Yep. If someone doesnt create the directory and doesnt disable snapvue service and current theme isnt snapvue (this theme lets you click on settings button and then start menu, etc) and your language isnt english then you get a beatiful and expensive stone, or hammer, because you will have to return it to the shop.... ;)

[Vs1979]

OK so another one who jumped before reading Tito's guide.

I installed RealVGA perfectly. No worries - English language as well so no probs with the startup.

So my question is : Have I missed anything, but I still have the black bars at the side. Any ideas for getting rid of those.

Also anyone tried any rotation software on the WM side or VIsta side. One of the reasons I have this is for ebook reading. And Portrait view would be great.


Cheers

[Settembrini]

The people hasnt waited fot the tito's guide to intall realvga so I ve to repeat a very important thing. If your winmo isnt english edition then create the directory \windows\startup and coopy to it the content of \windows\inicio (in spanish edition, for example) because after install realvga the system wont execute the original startup directory but \windows\startup (like english edition)

Hi Daniel,

I sort of understood that, but in your thumbnails it says "inicio". So did you do some more changing or is that how it has to be?

Settembrini

[danielherrero]

inicio is startup in spanish.....

[Vs1979]

FYI installed SPB Pocket Plus and managed to get the screen to rotate. So thats good.

Just as asked earlier, any way to use some more real estate by improving resolution and getting rid of those black bars on the side cos that would make it much better for acrobat reader etc.

[fatouraee]

So my question is : Have I missed anything, but I still have the black bars at the side. Any ideas for getting rid of those.

Cheers
RealVGA it only changes the screen res in the same screen size but your items are smaller and screen fits more stuff. the bars on both sides are becuase the wm it only supports 240*320 or 460*640 so i dont think without some serious moding you will be able to use them...

[danielherrero]

Exactly...

[Pawel062]

wvga isnt hard to get working on the shift. once ill get to cooking roms on it ill be able to most likely get the 800x480 res working.

to those who like to have snapvue still working and also have the start menu fully on the top. use the cab in the addons rar for the athena ap3.0 rom. replace ur snapvue.dll with the one in there BUT first install sdkcerts to ur device. cab is on xda. specifically it can be found in my battery icons thread. after that u should have snapvue running at same time and start menu showing.

dont know how realvga will work then but u can always remove from startup and u should be able to get it running again via settings.

the space limitations on this device will kind of kill the cooking of roms since we cant put too many of the nice htc applications on there. i will find ways to work around this though. enjoy ur shifts until then.

[Pantaloonie]

to those who like to have snapvue still working and also have the start menu fully on the top. use the cab in the addons rar for the athena ap3.0 rom. replace ur snapvue.dll with the one in there BUT first install sdkcerts to ur device. cab is on xda. specifically it can be found in my battery icons thread. after that u should have snapvue running at same time and start menu showing.



You get snapvue and the start menu working together simply by stopping the snapvue service with task manager.
Leave the snapvue today plugin turned on, and you get the start button at the top.

[cmonex]

Hi.
Finally I took courage and installed realvga again, and spanish language pack. Dont worry, all works now but had the same problem that before but this time I did it in a safe way. Its confirmed that after install realvga, when system boots doesnt execute windows|inicio but windows\startup. I dont know why.....

the path is defined in a resource dll for the shell and that of course gets changed when installing realvga

[faisal.husain]

Hi guys thanks for getting us as far as we have. Just wondering on the vista storage side, we have a 40GB hardisk, so when i fire up disk management it shows as a ~34GB disk. Given ntfs overheads etc max say 1.5GB, the rest i assume is like a recovery partition. Just wondering if anyone has been able to access this?

[cmonex]

Just a question, why is it you can't release it?
Will they know it comes from you?

I heard somewhere that the beta rom includes WiFi, SD an GPS access.
Is this true? Is it simple to compare the rom I have now with the beta rom to see where the WiFi, SD and GPS differences are? (I think drivers)



yes, the rom can't be released because then the source of it would be obvious

the rom includes SD and GPS, didn't check wifi yet. these drivers should be usable.

you can dump the rom using pdocread, examples for kaiser will work but you need to change part of the commands that refer to the size. i had someone dump it off a shift and that worked.
then you can easily dump the files from it with imgfstools (tadzio stuff for kaiser should be best)

[cmonex]

Me neither! But it's weird that this is stated in the specifications on the HTC site.
I extracted the spl yesterday for cmonex and also saw the less ammount of mb.

it is not so weird, part of it is taken up by the OS image (and some by the bootloader image, etc). only the rest is for user storage

[cmonex]

ya we need a mmmm irc channel or something equivelant for working on stuff posting is tuff when in middle of something and waiting for email notifications to travel the net then person to check email and respond in kind.

irc would be great, you can find me at #xda-devs on irc.freenode.org

[cmonex]

Guys and Gals,

Please make sure everyone donates to the Shift Project. It will allow the Developers to get ahold of a device and really get down to work on creating a device we can all really use instead of just these rudimentary hax.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375898


thanks, yes, this would really help. see my post (9th post in the linked thread) about my opinion on this ;)

[Pantaloonie]

Attached is a pic of my current today screen, Real VGA at 96 dpi, start menu and snapvue today plugin, and SPB pocket plus tweaked to fit under the snapvue plugin without having any scrollbars on the screen.
I'll be sticking with this for now.

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

I have written out a full set of instructions for getting WM6, RealVGA, IE and Office on a Shift, which I have tested out today.

Edit: Although I have left the original post here - the up-to-date version of the instructions and the files is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377441

All the required files except the Office cab, which I can't seem to upload, are here.

Instructions.txt is the complete set of instructions, for convenience.

An office cab can be found at http://rapidshare.com/files/94010776/jimm98y_office2007.CAB

Be careful with the RealVGA bit if you haven't got an English machine - I have so I couldn't test this bit - I inferred the solution from one of Daniel's posts.

1. Reset SnapVue if you have been hacking it.
- Run Clearstorage.exe (or Settings, Clear Storage)
- Disable Wi-Fi in Vista (Communication Manager)
- Enable Modem

2. Get Access to WM6
- In SnapVue, click Outlook E-mail
- Click Menu,New
- Click Menu,New,Insert Picture
- Where it says "My Pictures", click and navigate to "Windows" directory
- Highlight (using arrow keys) the "Start Menu" directory and copy it (using ctrl-c)
- Navigate into "Settings" directory in "Windows" and paste (ctrl-v). Ignore the calendar error.
- Click Ok and go back to SnapVue.
- Click Settings button and then "Start Menu, Programs, Internet Sharing"
- Click "Connect". The screen will say "Check USB cable.". Switch over to Vista and make sure that you have a network connection.
- Switch back to snapvue and click disconnect.
- Switch back to Vista and open Windows Explorer. From the "Computer" level, keep pressing F5 until you see Pocket_PC.
- Using "Tools, Folder Options" (alt T,O), click on the View tab and make sure that "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" is NOT enabled.
- Copy "RegistryEditor.exe" to "Pocket_PC,"\" directory.
- Still on Vista side, Using "Communication Manager", Click "Advanced Settings" and then "Reset Snapvue". Click OK.
- Switch to snapvue and wait for it to start up. If you miss the warning to allow running "RegistryEditor.exe", don't worry - click setting, Start Menu, Programs, File Explorer, then navigate to Windows, StartUp and run it from there.
- In RegistryEditor.exe, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Services. Delete the "SnapVue" entry. Click and hold the "SnapVue" entry until the context-sensitive menu appears, then select delete.
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Cabfile\Shell\Open\command and change the default value to wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete
- Close RegistryEditor.exe.
- In File Explorer, delete the PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.
- Switch back to Vista and reset snapvue from Communications Manager's Advanced Settings.
- Switch back to SnapVue. When it has finished starting up and you have closed RegistryEditor, you will notice that you have the start menu at the top left of the screen.
- Tidy up - reset and delete "Start Menu" from the "Windows, Settings" directory

Pat yourself on the back! You have successfully converted the HTC shift's SnapVue to WM6.

2a. Enable all the hidden "Today" items
- Switch to WM6
- Click "Start Menu (icon at top left of screen), Programs, Internet Sharing"
- Click "Connect". The screen will say "Check USB cable.". Switch over to Vista and make sure that you have a network connection.
If not - go to Vista Connection Manager and stop and start the modem.
- go back to snapview disconnect and then connect again
- switch back to Vista
- Switch back to snapvue and click disconnect.
- Switch back to Vista and open Windows Explorer. From the "Computer" level, keep pressing F5 until you see Pocket_PC.

- In Vista, install and run ceregedit_setup.exe
- Press F1 to connect to WM6
- Use Tools, Unlock Registry to enable the import
- Use Edit, Import to import "today.reg". Ignore any errors.
- Close ceregedit
- Switch to WM6
- In "Start Menu, Settings, Today, Items", pick the today items you want to display.

3. Change the display resolution to 96 dpi
A word of warning - this version of RealVGA is English and does not work very well with non-English systems.
- If you have a non-English version of the Shift, then you will not have a directory called \Windows\StartUp. Before doing the rest of this section, you should create a "StartUp" directory in your Windows directory and copy all of the files from your language equivalent of StartUp.

- Switch to WM6
- Click "Start Menu (icon at top left of screen), Programs, Internet Sharing"
- Click "Connect". The screen will say "Check USB cable.". Switch over to Vista and make sure that you have a network connection.
If not - go to Vista Connection Manager and stop and start the modem.
- go back to snapview disconnect and then connect again
- switch back to Vista
- Switch back to snapvue and click disconnect.
- Switch back to Vista and open Windows Explorer. From the "Computer" level, keep pressing F5 until you see Pocket_PC.
- Copy "RealVGA_11.CAB" and "ResPack96dpi.ARM.CAB" to "Pocket_PC,"\" directory.
- Switch over to WM6
- From File Explorer (Start Menu, Programs, File Explorer), navigate to the top directory (using Up button as necessary)
- Install RealVGA_11.CAB accepting the security warning
- Install ResPack96dpi.ARM.CAB accepting the security warning and select ok to restart the system
- Run RealVGA from Start Menu, Programs
- Change to 96dpi and press OK and wait while the system restarts
- Tidy up - Using "Start Menu, Settings, System, Remove Programs" remove WM6_RealVGA (its job is done)
- In File Explorer, delete the 2 CAB files.

Pat yourself on the back again! You have successfully made HTC shift's WM6 much more usable.

4. Install Office 6.1
- Switch to WM6
- Click "Start Menu (icon at top left of screen), Programs, Internet Sharing"
- Click "Connect". The screen will say "Check USB cable.". Switch over to Vista and make sure that you have a network connection.
If not - go to Vista Connection Manager and stop and start the modem.
- go back to snapview disconnect and then connect again
- switch back to Vista
- Switch back to snapvue and click disconnect.
- Switch back to Vista and open Windows Explorer. From the "Computer" level, keep pressing F5 until you see Pocket_PC.
- Copy "office2007.CAB" to "Pocket_PC,"\" directory.
- Switch over to WM6
- From File Explorer (Start Menu, Programs, File Explorer), navigate to the top directory (using Up button as necessary)
- Install office2007.CAB accepting the security warning
- Wait - this is a relatively big install.
- When told to, click OK to restart
- Tidy Up - Start Excel Mobile from "Start Menu, Programs, Office Mobile" and delete all 3 workbooks.
- Start Word Mobile and delete any templates you do not want. You MUST leave one of them (Word Document .docx is the default so you must not delete this until you have changed Word options)
- In File Manager, delete the CAB file.

5. Install Internet Explorer
- Switch to WM6
- Click "Start Menu (icon at top left of screen), Programs, Internet Sharing"
- Click "Connect". The screen will say "Check USB cable.". Switch over to Vista and make sure that you have a network connection.
If not - go to Vista Connection Manager and stop and start the modem.
- go back to snapview disconnect and then connect again
- switch back to Vista
- Switch back to snapvue and click disconnect.
- Switch back to Vista and open Windows Explorer. From the "Computer" level, keep pressing F5 until you see Pocket_PC.
- Copy the "ie61" directory to the "Pocket_PC,"\","Windows" directory.
- Switch to WM6
- Start File Explorer
- Navigate to Windows, ie61
- Install Certs.cab and then delete the cab file
- Copy all the other files up to the Windows directory - some files cannot be copied. This doesn't seem to be a problem.
- Restart WM6
- Test IE
- Tidy Up - delete the ie61 directory from Windows directory.

That's it! Congratulate yourself on a job well done.

If you've done all the above, you should have 21.43Mb free storage.

[Pantaloonie]

Excellent work! Please post this again in a new thread and we'll ask the mods to sticky it.

[danielherrero]

Nice work Tito

[Tr1gg3R]

Great work indeed!

The one thing I wonder about is what do I/we need to do to (hard)reset the SnapVue side of the Shift?

As far as I know there has not yet been found a way to actually hard reset the device. So that makes me a bit wary when trying things like this.

Any pointers?

[killer_t]

Very very great work!!!

[Pantaloonie]

Great work indeed!

The one thing I wonder about is what do I/we need to do to (hard)reset the SnapVue side of the Shift?

As far as I know there has not yet been found a way to actually hard reset the device. So that makes me a bit wary when trying things like this.

Any pointers?

Cmonex got hold of an spl dump, and confirmed there is no button combination to hard reset.
Clearstorage.exe on the WinMo side will hard reset, but if you bork it so badly that you can't get to the file to run it, then you'll have a problem.

[killer_t]

Guys, nothing for Windows media player??

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

Great work indeed!

The one thing I wonder about is what do I/we need to do to (hard)reset the SnapVue side of the Shift?

As far as I know there has not yet been found a way to actually hard reset the device. So that makes me a bit wary when trying things like this.

Any pointers?

ClearStorage.exe does the hard reset, which is at the top of the instructions. It does assume that you are able to get to settings or file explorer from within SnapVue.

There is no way (that we know of) of doing a hard reset from Vista.

[zackss]

Attached is a pic of my current today screen, Real VGA at 96 dpi, start menu and snapvue today plugin, and SPB pocket plus tweaked to fit under the snapvue plugin without having any scrollbars on the screen.
I'll be sticking with this for now.

Hi there, how did you get the screen to fit, i.e. use all the screen? Running real vga I have the borders on the side. I have read most of the sixty pages but am unable to find a way of using the whole screen.

[Pantaloonie]

Guys, nothing for Windows media player??

Why would you want that on there, there's room for maybe 2 mp3s before the memory is full.

[Pantaloonie]

Hi there, how did you get the screen to fit, i.e. use all the screen? Running real vga I have the borders on the side. I have read most of the sixty pages but am unable to find a way of using the whole screen.


Not using the whole screen, I still have the black side borders, but with a black today screen background they aren't so obvious.
That screenshot was taken within WinMo, so it only shows the used part of the screen.

[zackss]

Not using the whole screen, I still have the black side borders, but with a black today screen background they aren't so obvious.
That screenshot was taken within WinMo, so it only shows the used part of the screen.

Hmmm gues that is a good cheat, LOL

[retir0]

I'm impressed by all you guys! Thanks a lot!

[killer_t]

Why would you want that on there, there's room for maybe 2 mp3s before the memory is full.

Then why put quickoffice??
I want wm6 with all his addon..

[Pantaloonie]

irc would be great, you can find me at #xda-devs on irc.freenode.org

This is a good idea, problem solving is much easier in real time, and a lot of the Devs hang out in #xda-devs.
There are plenty of different IRC clients, i just grabbed a freeware one from
http://www.icechat.net/site/

Set it up, use the add new server button, and add irc.freenode.org, then add the channel #xda-devs.

[arrymas]

I agree.
Oh, sorry, first of all i must to thanks all you for magnific results.
Well, i think that now, to allow best results, it would be important to activate the SD reader and, i hope, the GPS.
Have I exaggerated? Thanks ...

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

Excellent work! Please post this again in a new thread and we'll ask the mods to sticky it.

Okay, I've done the new thread bit.

Don't know how to do a sticky - in fact, I don't know what one is! :confused:

Can I leave that to you, Pantaloonie? :rolleyes:

[Pantaloonie]

I'll PM Midget_1990 and ask him to do it.

Edit - a sticky thread stays at the top of the list of threads in the forum.

[zackss]

hi, how do you get windos mobile full screen.

[Pantaloonie]

hi, how do you get windos mobile full screen.

Can't be done yet, give it a few more weeks - we'll get there.

[citivolus]

If anyone is looking at gaining access to the sd card, can you post your status? is the only likely method through a custom rom?

[Pantaloonie]

If anyone is looking at gaining access to the sd card, can you post your status? is the only likely method through a custom rom?

Status of SD access? The idea guys have plenty of ideas, they think they'll get it to work, but they currently don't have any Shifts to work on. Donations to the Shift Project are still coming in, currently they can get around a third of a Shift....

[HDLord]

In file explorer, I found Guava Bubbles and went into the Today view set up. I selected Guava Bubbles as a them and de-selected SnapVUE. I now have a beautiful orange screen with no access to anything, and nothing showing except the connectivity!
I have tried re-setting SnapVUE from the Control Panel in Vista, but it does not take it back to factory settings. If I could get back to file explorer, I could fix it, but I have no idea how to get there, as I cannot call up Settings from the main screen.
Can anyone help, or am I stuck?

[Pantaloonie]

In file explorer, I found Guava Bubbles and went into the Today view set up. I selected Guava Bubbles as a them and de-selected SnapVUE. I now have a beautiful orange screen with no access to anything, and nothing showing except the connectivity!
I have tried re-setting SnapVUE from the Control Panel in Vista, but it does not take it back to factory settings. If I could get back to file explorer, I could fix it, but I have no idea how to get there, as I cannot call up Settings from the main screen.
Can anyone help, or am I stuck?

Uhoh, you've done what Daniel did, and he ended up returning his Shift to get another.
You can follow the saga from page 5 of this thread, you may find something useful there.
Ok word to the wise:

I blew up snapvue................... I tried to change the today screen layout, the ok button wouldnt work, reset device, and now i have 3g ATT and the phone symbols across the top but no interface below that at all. Guess its time to reset snapvue from vista, :) thank lord that option is there.

side note all the icons on the top work, so wm is still working fine just a something to do with the today screen

mmmm more uh-ohs in vista it only allows you to reset snapvue (reboot) not reset back to factory like it does for vista........................................ HELP?!?
same here, screwed it up the same way. i opened a .tsk file in the mobile explorer and disabled the snapvue element without enablng the others, now i have a completely empty homescreen...
I emailed myself another .tsk file to reaccess the homescreen settings, but its blocked to open. havent found a way to hardreset snapvue yet.

Ok, got snapvue back...all is well. I sort of don't remember the combination of what I pressed, but it involved holding down the right mouse click button, clicking on the 3G connection icon up top, and then pressing settings. That brought me to SnapVue settings instead of Connection Settings for some reason. Went to Start Menu folder, launched File Manager, selected Guava Bubbles which launched the Toay screen settings, and enabled the SnapVue homescreen plugin...let me know if this works for anyone

[Settembrini]

Also double check your spelling. The %1 should be between the quotes, and make sure they are proper Double Quotes not two single Quotes

You've written
wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete

it should be

wceload.exe "%1" /nodelete

Hi tito,
great work you did. Please, can you or one of the experts (Daniel) check the above part in your "instructions, post 587".

Is the part you've written correct? Compared with the above correction it seems to be wrong, doesn't it?
I am just watching in amazement while I am waiting for my Shift. Sometimes I think I'll give it a shot myself, but then again it gives me the creeps as I am just an interested user. And the system (startup) will be German. Thanks for your great work!
Settembrini

[Pantaloonie]

Well spotted, I'm sure Tito will edit that to read correctly.
I've made a note on the thread.

[danielherrero]

In file explorer, I found Guava Bubbles and went into the Today view set up. I selected Guava Bubbles as a them and de-selected SnapVUE. I now have a beautiful orange screen with no access to anything, and nothing showing except the connectivity!
I have tried re-setting SnapVUE from the Control Panel in Vista, but it does not take it back to factory settings. If I could get back to file explorer, I could fix it, but I have no idea how to get there, as I cannot call up Settings from the main screen.
Can anyone help, or am I stuck?

If your device is a english one then there is a solution. You ve to send yourself an sms to get a notification. Rest of the procedure is described a few pages before. Post again if you cant solve it and me ( or any other) will chat with you using msn or similar....

pd. If your device isnt english you ve 2 options:
1) return it to the shop
2) wait a few days for the shift project find a way to flash a rom from vista side.....

[danielherrero]

Hi tito,
great work you did. Please, can you or one of the experts (Daniel) check the above part in your "instructions, post 587".

Is the part you've written correct? Compared with the above correction it seems to be wrong, doesn't it?
I am just watching in amazement while I am waiting for my Shift. Sometimes I think I'll give it a shot myself, but then again it gives me the creeps as I am just an interested user. And the system (startup) will be German. Thanks for your great work!
Settembrini

The second one is the right one.. :)
Dani

[Vs1979]

Hi cmonex, I'm totally up for SD driver tests. Just let me know what to do and I'll try it.

[HDLord]

Found a nice way to get it back.
1. Text (not email) your Sim.
2. Get a notification.
3. View and then cancel and you are in Emails.
4. Create an email, insert a picture, copy start up into My Docs.
5. Email a theme to yourself.
6. Save theme to Start Up in My Docs.
7. In insert picture, copy Start Up from My Docs to Windows ('Yes' to replace).
8. Yank out battery and power lead.
9. When SnapVUE restarts, you have the Today options, and can re-enable SnapVUE.
10. Thank Heavens!!

[rpawly]

Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Cabfile\Shell\Open\command and change the default value to wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete
- Close RegistryEditor.exe.
- In File Explorer, delete the PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

these 3 steps do not work,

i have put the 1 inside the quotes and it still does not work, delete is grayed out also is there a space between the last " and / or is it "/

[rpawly]

anyone??????

something is missing there, im stuck at this point

[rpawly]

oh boy im all by myself in here, right in the middle of deleting snapvue and something not right and no one around to help :/ la la la la la

[rpawly]

- In File Explorer, delete the PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.

i found the problem, there are 2 sets of these files, 1 is in /windows (whcih you cannot delete) and 1 set in windows/startup which you can delte, insturctions need to more clear.

[rpawly]

1234567890

[parkertseng]

I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.
Neither in the startup directory.
In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.
Can any body be more specific on this?
thanks!

[thatboyp]

"I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.
Neither in the startup directory. In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.Can any body be more specific on this?
thanks!"

Try to install Reso Explorer and go into the general option tabs, turn on show all files and system files.

The two files above are just the short cuts in the start up folder. I couldn't delete them either in the window folder. It work after I delete the short cut in the start up holder.

Regarding the "wceload.exe ''%''1 /nodelete"

Double click on the default icon and copy this and paste it into the value box: wceload.exe ''%1" /nodelete

there a space between .exe and "

and also a space between " and /

Yeah, the instructions here are pretty vague, oh well....:(

I just got my HTC Shift yesterday. LOL..I am trying to screw it up already.....

Guys..my Shift keyboard is in English, but some of the keys are all screw up...the @ is not under the 2 and other keys are located differently..is this normal for the Shift?

thatboyp

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

To everyone who has tried my instructions and fed back - a very big thank you! :D

I have made the changes in the other thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377441 and I will keep that one up-to-date.

[sbueschi]

I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.
Neither in the startup directory.
In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.
Can any body be more specific on this?
thanks!

I had both files in the windows/startup folder and deleted them without problems. Same for the registry deletion of snapvue.
I have pretty much the status as described in titos "manual" which is a very good summary of all efforts over the last 7 days.
I have an english standard unlocked retail version of the shift. Maybe there are differences with shifts released by operators.

[danielherrero]

Anyway those links must not be important because I didnt remove them and I ve no problems....

[tito.golder@hotmail.co.uk]

Anyway those links must not be important because I didnt remove them and I ve no problems....

Daniel, you're probably right - never thought to check whether they have any effect. I'm of the opinion that if it doesn't serve any purpose then get rid of it. Space is our biggest issue until we work out how to use the SD Card.

I've just installed Acrobat Reader and that's swallowed about 8mb. :eek:

[danielherrero]

Yes, you are right. We should remove all the unuseful stuff.....I couldnt install office because I havent disk space :(
we need sd access now.....

[arrymas]

Yes, you are right. We should remove all the unuseful stuff.....I couldnt install office because I havent disk space :(
we need sd access now.....

SD...the only way for the success :rolleyes:

[danielherrero]

It would be nice if HTC finally releases 3d drivers for the ati chip. In this way and with sd and gps access tomtom should look nice in our toys.....

[Pantaloonie]

Guys..my Shift keyboard is in English, but some of the keys are all screw up...the @ is not under the 2 and other keys are located differently..is this normal for the Shift?

thatboyp

You need to change your regional settings to the correct country, including the keyboard settings, that way you'll get the correct layout.

[Pantaloonie]

I have same issue, can not delet PKG.exe and BlockTitleBar.exe files.
Neither in the startup directory.
In fact, I can't find those 2 file inside the startup folder.
Can any body be more specific on this?
thanks!

I didn't have to do any of this... I simply copied the taskmanager.exe to WinMo, and used it to change the Snapvue(SVT0) service from Auto to Manual, then stopped the service. This gives access to the top and bottom bars on the today screen without deleting any files, and can easily be put back the way it was without having to hard reset. The service stays off after a soft reset, so this seems to be the best way to do it.

[HDLord]

I cannot gte 'Computer' to see the Pocket_PC.
Each time, I have to stop and start the modem, as Vista loses the network after WM6 disconnects. The problem seems to be that WM6, after telling me to check the USB cable, actually establishes a connection, and I do not seem to be able to switch to Vista and back to WM6 fast enough to stop the connection happening. Even when it is showing 'check the USB cable' when I switch back to WM6 it manages to show 'connected' while disconnecting.
Can anyone suggest a solution, please?

[danielherrero]

DOnt forget to turn phone off before running usbtool...

[Pantaloonie]

I cannot gte 'Computer' to see the Pocket_PC.
Each time, I have to stop and start the modem, as Vista loses the network after WM6 disconnects. The problem seems to be that WM6, after telling me to check the USB cable, actually establishes a connection, and I do not seem to be able to switch to Vista and back to WM6 fast enough to stop the connection happening. Even when it is showing 'check the USB cable' when I switch back to WM6 it manages to show 'connected' while disconnecting.
Can anyone suggest a solution, please?

Are you using ubstool.exe, or the other, more complicated method?

[HDLord]

I must be using the complicated method, as I do not know what usbtool.exe is. I am in internet sharing in WM6, wait till a netwrok is established in Vista, hit connect in WM6, switch to Vista, switch back, disconnect, switch to Vista and refresh My Computer (repeatedly, for hours, and to no effect, having tried as many variations as I could think of!). My phone service provider charges an arm and a leg for data transfer, so I need this to work!
Thanks

[sbueschi]

I must be using the complicated method, as I do not know what usbtool.exe is. I am in internet sharing in WM6, wait till a netwrok is established in Vista, hit connect in WM6, switch to Vista, switch back, disconnect, switch to Vista and refresh My Computer (repeatedly, for hours, and to no effect, having tried as many variations as I could think of!). My phone service provider charges an arm and a leg for data transfer, so I need this to work!
Thanks

Try the same but with windows mobile center opened on vista side.
And the usbtool is posted in the thread as well as in titos step by step description. cheers

[killer_t]

I must be using the complicated method, as I do not know what usbtool.exe is. I am in internet sharing in WM6, wait till a netwrok is established in Vista, hit connect in WM6, switch to Vista, switch back, disconnect, switch to Vista and refresh My Computer (repeatedly, for hours, and to no effect, having tried as many variations as I could think of!). My phone service provider charges an arm and a leg for data transfer, so I need this to work!
Thanks

Happened to me too.. the only way i found, is formatting with clearstorage.exe.

[Pantaloonie]

Download the attached file, unzip it, and get it into the windows folder on the WinMo side. This may involve removing the .exe extension so you can email it to yourself, then putting the .exe back when you save it into windows.

Then, on WinMo. browse to the windows folder and run usbtool.exe.
You get a white screen with the message "Please plug in cable first".
Click on menu and select 'usb cable in'.
Then go back to Vista and wait for up to one minute.
You should hear the connecting noise, and Windows Mobile Device Centre will connect.
Disconnect by going back to WinMo usbtool screen, and select 'usb cable out'.

[rpawly]

"

Guys..my Shift keyboard is in English, but some of the keys are all screw up...the @ is not under the 2 and other keys are located differently..is this normal for the Shift?

thatboyp

my keyboard is the same, in vista it will act normal ie. @ will be above 2 and in winmo the " will be above 2.

[Pantaloonie]

my keyboard is the same, in vista it will act normal ie. @ will be above 2 and in winmo the " will be above 2.


You need to change your regional settings to the correct country, including the keyboard settings, that way you'll get the correct layout.

That will solve it - this applies to both Vista and WinMo.

[rpawly]

it is set in winmo to english (united states), just opened sms message and " is above the 2

[rpawly]

That will solve it - this applies to both Vista and WinMo.

Pantaloonie,

after doing realvga are the black bars on the side (left and right) suppose to be gone?

[Pantaloonie]

it is set in winmo to english (united states), just opened sms message and " is above the 2

That is how it should be - for me at least. That is what I get with the UK layout. You have to reboot WinMo after changing the regional settings, have you done that?

Pantaloonie,

after doing realvga are the black bars on the side (left and right) suppose to be gone?

No, we are stuck with them for now.

[rpawly]

it sure likes in daniels screen shots that his 96dpi is stretched horizontal more have a look its the green screen shot about 7 pages back

[Pantaloonie]

it sure likes in daniels screen shots that his 96dpi is stretched horizontal more have a look its the green screen shot about 7 pages back

I think you're mistaken... looks the same as my screen, with the bars at the side.

[rpawly]

That is how it should be - for me at least. That is what I get with the UK layout. You have to reboot WinMo after changing the regional settings, have you done that?



No, we are stuck with them for now.

i did reboot and the " are still above 2

[benktlottie]

I have followed all the instructions given in the other thread. Everything workded first time, and I am so chuffed. Thanks to everyone for putting these tips together. My Shift now feels more complete!!! :)

[guidogiangiacomo]

How can I view image attached to email in Snapvue? If I tap on the image attached I get no action (in my Treo it open Pictures and Video and I can see the image), if I tap and hold I can just save the image but no view it.

[Pantaloonie]

How can I view image attached to email in Snapvue? If I tap on the image attached I get no action (in my Treo it open Pictures and Video and I can see the image), if I tap and hold I can just save the image but no view it.

There is no photo viewer installed on the Shift by default.
I installed Resco Photo Viewer, which works well.

You could try HTC Album.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-album.html

[Tr1gg3R]

Just a (hopefully) small side question.

On the screenshots posted I often see SnapVue clock in the 24hour time format while my own device only shows the time in the 12hour AM/PM time format.

How did you change the time?
I cannot find any options in the SnapVue part where I can alter the time format nor any other international options.

[Pawel062]

There is no photo viewer installed on the Shift by default.
I installed Resco Photo Viewer, which works well.

You could try HTC Album.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-album.html

yes but that isnt the vga version. the vga one will be in 4.0 athena rom :) maybe some can extract it then and put the cab on here.... or i can if there is still a need once i get finished with the rom.

[Pawel062]

Just a (hopefully) small side question.

On the screenshots posted I often see SnapVue clock in the 24hour time format while my own device only shows the time in the 12hour AM/PM time format.

How did you change the time?
I cannot find any options in the SnapVue part where I can alter the time format nor any other international options.

most likely thats just the version of the device they have. but if u get the proper files from snapvue u can change it.

[Pantaloonie]

Just a (hopefully) small side question.

On the screenshots posted I often see SnapVue clock in the 24hour time format while my own device only shows the time in the 12hour AM/PM time format.

How did you change the time?
I cannot find any options in the SnapVue part where I can alter the time format nor any other international options.


You can change the 12/24hr format in Regional Settings/Time

[michael85]

You can change the 12/24hr format in Regional Settings/Time
Yep, after you got the startmenu, you have access to the regional settings in the original settings menu (not the snapvue settings)

[HDLord]

I have no idea what I am doing wrong.
I have placed USBTool in Windows and executed, and get 'Plug the USB cable in firest' (love the typo). On the Vista side, there is a GPRS connection, but nothing happens in the WM Centre or in My Computer, and the message in WM does not change.
Don't know if it makes any difference, but I am using an English machine.

[Tr1gg3R]

Yep, after you got the startmenu, you have access to the regional settings in the original settings menu (not the snapvue settings)

Yeah,. but the idea is to be able to have the proper time without haxoring the device ;-)

I find it truly odd that HTC decided to rip out that specific part of the settings menu....

[Pantaloonie]

I have no idea what I am doing wrong.
I have placed USBTool in Windows and executed, and get 'Plug the USB cable in firest' (love the typo). On the Vista side, there is a GPRS connection, but nothing happens in the WM Centre or in My Computer, and the message in WM does not change.
Don't know if it makes any difference, but I am using an English machine.

Are you clicking on 'menu' in usbtool and selecting 'USB_cable_in'?

[michael85]

Yeah,. but the idea is to be able to have the proper time without haxoring the device ;-)

I find it truly odd that HTC decided to rip out that specific part of the settings menu....
You're right about that. There must be some file somewhere that starts the regional settings program.
Does anybody knows this? :confused:

[Pantaloonie]

On the subject of things being removed by HTC, has anyone found a way to change the volume in WinMo when vista is not running?

[killer_t]

On the subject of things being removed by HTC, has anyone found a way to change the volume in WinMo when vista is not running?

In the keyboard push FN + I to decrease volume, and FN + O to increase

[Pantaloonie]

In the keyboard push FN + I to decrease volume, and FN + O to increase

Heh... I've sorted all the tricky stuff, but couldn't spot that obvious answer... Thanks killer_t

[michael85]

In the keyboard push FN + I to decrease volume, and FN + O to increase
Do those keys work on Vista?
Here They are not working except the F1 etc.. keys

[Pantaloonie]

Yes, they work in Vista for me.

[killer_t]

Do those keys work on Vista?
Here They are not working except the F1 etc.. keys

they work me too..
you have disable any htctool in vista side?

[michael85]

they work me too..
you have disable any htctool in vista side?
Hmhm... just noticed it's only my sound. I didn't do anthing on Vista except installing sp1 :)

[Pantaloonie]

Hmhm... just noticed it's only my sound. I didn't do anthing on Vista except installing sp1 :)

Several people have reported problems with SP1 and removed it.
I won't be installing it until HTC release driver updates.

[michael85]

Several people have reported problems with SP1 and removed it.
I won't be installing it until HTC release driver updates.
It's working again after a restart :D
BTW: SP1 is much beter on my shift, much faster :)

[HDLord]

Are you clicking on 'menu' in usbtool and selecting 'USB_cable_in'?
Yes, I clicked on USB_cable_in, but it does not change the message in WM, and there are no connect/disconnect sounds from Vista. Could I have screwed up something in Vista?
Vista does keep making connection/disconnection noises when I hit the connect/diconnect button in Internet Sharing, but neither the Windows Mobile Centre nor the Computer reacts, even when refreshed.

[killer_t]

Yes, I clicked on USB_cable_in, but it does not change the message in WM, and there are no connect/disconnect sounds from Vista. Could I have screwed up something in Vista?

you have power off the phone capabilities?

[HDLord]

you have power off the phone capabilities?
I didn't read anywhere that the phone had to be off. I disabled the phone and when I hit menu and USB_cable_in, I got the connection sound from Vista. But I could not see the Pocket_PC in My Computer or in WM Device Centre.
OK - done it. I have AVG firewall, and had to disable it totally (through task manager services) before anything would happen.
Thanks all!

[HDLord]

Using CERegEditor to unlock the Registry, it tells me that the Registry is unlocked, and I appear to be able to hack the registry, but when I try to import the 'today' registry file, I ignore the warning that it appears to be a PC file, but when I accept the first key, I am given an 'Access is Denied' warning, and the process aborts.
Something basic, no doubt?

[rpawly]

Using CERegEditor to unlock the Registry, it tells me that the Registry is unlocked, and I appear to be able to hack the registry, but when I try to import the 'today' registry file, I ignore the warning that it appears to be a PC file, but when I accept the first key, I am given an 'Access is Denied' warning, and the process aborts.
Something basic, no doubt?

same thing happens to me, i had to use resco explorer with the registry plugin (download the exe and install from vista) to get the today.reg in.

[rpawly]

daniel were you able to get pocket weather with vga icons to display only 5 days across where it has a good layout?

[rpawly]

Guys and Gals,

Im trying to get a black background in winmo, i had it before, by using a all black jpeg (attached) and setting it as the background. Its black but when i set it as background now it comes out grey...........what gives.

On my phone its black, on my desktop its black, on my vista (shift) its black, grrrrrrrrrrr

[cmonex]

Guys and Gals,

Im trying to get a black background in winmo, i had it before, by using a all black jpeg (attached) and setting it as the background. Its black but when i set it as background now it comes out grey...........what gives.

On my phone its black, on my desktop its black, on my vista (shift) its black, grrrrrrrrrrr

that's because of that stupid transparency setting that's usually enabled by default on WM

the snapvue probably doesn't have the menu to disable it though. a way to disable it is get the imageviewer from any WM6 rom then add the pic as background from that program, and you will have the option to disable transparency

sorry if that's not your issue

[cmonex]

Hi cmonex, I'm totally up for SD driver tests. Just let me know what to do and I'll try it.

i'm travelling tomorrow, when i get the time i will be on MSN, you can PM me for the MSN details, i already have a few people on the contact list but it's ok

but first i need to get some other things tested before getting to the SD

[cmonex]

If your device is a english one then there is a solution. You ve to send yourself an sms to get a notification. Rest of the procedure is described a few pages before. Post again if you cant solve it and me ( or any other) will chat with you using msn or similar....

pd. If your device isnt english you ve 2 options:
1) return it to the shop
2) wait a few days for the shift project find a way to flash a rom from vista side.....


to enable 2) you might have to have a booting snapvue to install the special hardSPL (which of course needs to be developed on a test device) which would enable access to hard reset and flashing without booting WM.
THOUGH, now it turns out there is still a hope that you can reflash it in a non booting state before even installing the hardSPL, but more testing is needed to confirm that. the only thing that's been confirmed so far is that you can't hard reset it with a key combination. but flashing may be possible.

[cmonex]

OK there *is* a way to enter bootloader from vista without having a booting WM. and there is a way to access that bootloader. which means you can both flash and hard reset, by issuing commands to the bootloader,

but of course tests are needed :D

this concludes my work for today, tomorrow i'm travelling all day, i might be online on MSN to talk to though.

[michael85]

OK there *is* a way to enter bootloader from vista without having a booting WM. and there is a way to access that bootloader. which means you can both flash and hard reset, by issuing commands to the bootloader,

but of course tests are needed :D

this concludes my work for today, tomorrow i'm travelling all day, i might be online on MSN to talk to though.
This is great news! :D Is this is a way to speed up the design of a hardspl?

[jonburge]

loving the mods so far. I would like to activate notepad and screen rotation. Also, in explorere I would like to scroll down with down arrow instead of jumping to links. Help please.

[Pantaloonie]

loving the mods so far. I would like to activate notepad and screen rotation. Also, in explorere I would like to scroll down with down arrow instead of jumping to links. Help please.

For notepad, install the attached program, which came from here. (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/pnotepad.html)

I have screen rotation via SPB pocket plus, works perfectly.

Scrolling in explorer? Do you mean Internet Explorer? I don't use it, I have Opera mobile, which also jumps to links with the arrow button.

Oh well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

[danielherrero]

daniel were you able to get pocket weather with vga icons to display only 5 days across where it has a good layout?

Hi.
To see a correct layout for pocket weather (and others) in real vga you ve to choose "default icons" instead of "vga icons" in pocket weather/options/icons....
Dani

[rosrog]

I didn't read anywhere that the phone had to be off. I disabled the phone and when I hit menu and USB_cable_in, I got the connection sound from Vista. But I could not see the Pocket_PC in My Computer or in WM Device Centre.
OK - done it. I have AVG firewall, and had to disable it totally (through task manager services) before anything would happen.
Thanks all!

could anyone tell me how to get into task manager services please? i need to stop the snapvue cervice. thanks

[Pantaloonie]

could anyone tell me how to get into task manager services please? i need to stop the snapvue cervice. thanks

Install taskmgr.exe, which is attached to this thread.

[rosrog]

Install taskmgr.exe, which is attached to this thread.

Pantaloonie, thanks a zillion. Got it.

[rosrog]

Pantaloonie, thanks a zillion. Got it.

I've installed the task manager, but now I'm not sure what to do to find snapvue and stop the service in the manager

[Pantaloonie]

I've installed the task manager, but now I'm not sure what to do to find snapvue and stop the service in the manager

Run task manager, go to the dropdown menu at the top right, and select the services tab. Right click on the Snapvue(SVT0) service and set it to manual, then right click and stop the service. The start menu will then be accessible, although you may not see it. Click where it should be, top left.

[rosrog]

Run task manager, go to the dropdown menu at the top right, and select the services tab. Right click on the Snapvue(SVT0) service and set it to manual, then right click and stop the service. The start menu will then be accessible, although you may not see it. Click where it should be, top left.

thanks. i followed your instruction and i have the start menu now. tnx

[rpawly]

Guys and Gals,

Im trying to get a black background in winmo, i had it before, by using a all black jpeg (attached) and setting it as the background. Its black but when i set it as background now it comes out grey...........what gives.

On my phone its black, on my desktop its black, on my vista (shift) its black, grrrrrrrrrrr

guys im about to loose it, i cant for the life of me get my background black, I had it before clear storage, dont know what happened where it went how i got it before. On my phone i use the htc theme with a black jpg as the background picuture, on the shift its grey.

cmonex said i needed a imageviewer from wm6 rom to select it then disable transparency but i cnat find that and i cant for the life of me find a all black tsk file.

someone want to help, 2 hours on this is enuf!!!!!!

thx in advance :)

[rpawly]

Hi.
To see a correct layout for pocket weather (and others) in real vga you ve to choose "default icons" instead of "vga icons" in pocket weather/options/icons....
Dani

dani , oh wise and smart software guy :) u should really get a custom pweather layout for us at 96dpi :) wink wink :)

[AndyGarton]

Thanks everybody involved in getting us this far, my Shift is now at least twice as useful as it was out of the box :)

(Although my taste for the prospect of 800x480 and SD card access is now fully wetted :) )

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76268&stc=1&d=1205769911

[rpawly]

Thanks everybody involved in getting us this far, my Shift is now at least twice as useful as it was out of the box :)

(Although my taste for the prospect of 800x480 and SD card access is now fully wetted :) )

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76268&stc=1&d=1205769911

allright damnit!!!!!!!!! omg lol please oh please attach that tsk file you just posted

while your at you could post the pweather icons :)

thanx

[AndyGarton]

allright damnit!!!!!!!!! omg lol please oh please attach that tsk file you just posted

while your at you could post the pweather icons :)

thanx
Weather icons attached (includes the license file from the author).

I'm new to iLauncher and don't know how to get the tsk file?

[Pantaloonie]

The snapvue today theme gives a black background, even if you turn off the snapvue today plugin.

[rpawly]

The snapvue today theme gives a black background, even if you turn off the snapvue today plugin.

pantaloonie omg that is what i had done before, wow thx alot :) 2.5 hours trying to figure it out.

i need a smoke haha

[rpawly]

The snapvue today theme gives a black background, even if you turn off the snapvue today plugin.

id loveto have just the top half of the snavue today screen with the clock and calendar and then just open space after, anyone know a way to do that?

[Pantaloonie]

id loveto have just the top half of the snavue today screen with the clock and calendar and then just open space after, anyone know a way to do that?

You should look at installing HTC home plugin, it's similar to what you want.

[rpawly]

You should look at installing HTC home plugin, it's similar to what you want.

ya had that before it does funky things to the buttons at the bottom and stuffs.

maybe just a calendar thing, i saw one of the roms for the athena and it had a nice clock / calendar on the same row.

[sonietje]

I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to use the weather tool of SnapVue without using the SnapVue today plug-in. I activated the SnapVue plug-in and selected the weather tool. In task manager the process \Windows\SnapVueDLGs.exe WeatherDialog was running. When I deactivated the SnapVue plug-in I tried to start the same process but nothing happens.
So I think with some help from the specialists here it should be possible to use the weather tool without SnapVue.
I tried pocket weather but it takes another 8MB from the scarce storage and doesn't look very nice.
I like my today screen as it is now (see attachment) but I'm only missing some weather info.
FYI: I'm using the 128dpi RealVGA because I think the 92dpi is to difficult to read for me.

[rpawly]

I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to use the weather tool of SnapVue without using the SnapVue today plug-in. I activated the SnapVue plug-in and selected the weather tool. In task manager the process \Windows\SnapVueDLGs.exe WeatherDialog was running. When I deactivated the SnapVue plug-in I tried to start the same process but nothing happens.
So I think with some help from the specialists here it should be possible to use the weather tool without SnapVue.
I tried pocket weather but it takes another 8MB from the scarce storage and doesn't look very nice.
I like my today screen as it is now (see attachment) but I'm only missing some weather info.
FYI: I'm using the 128dpi RealVGA because I think the 92dpi is to difficult to read for me.

dont know about that, but the memory problem will be the first to be fixed, we are working on it right now.

[rpawly]

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[sonietje]

OK, thanks for the reply. In the meantime I will enjoy my fully WM6 enabled Shift (which is already much more than I ever expected to be possible), while I wait for the memory problem to be solved by you guys. Please let me know if I can be of any help to speed up the process.

[rpawly]

allright damnit!!!!!!!!! omg lol please oh please attach that tsk file you just posted

while your at you could post the pweather icons :)

thanx

hey can you give a link or attach the big icons from ilauncher

[AndyGarton]

hey can you give a link or attach the big icons from ilauncher
http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=5538

[Pantaloonie]

I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to use the weather tool of SnapVue without using the SnapVue today plug-in. I activated the SnapVue plug-in and selected the weather tool. In task manager the process \Windows\SnapVueDLGs.exe WeatherDialog was running. When I deactivated the SnapVue plug-in I tried to start the same process but nothing happens.
So I think with some help from the specialists here it should be possible to use the weather tool without SnapVue.
I tried pocket weather but it takes another 8MB from the scarce storage and doesn't look very nice.
I like my today screen as it is now (see attachment) but I'm only missing some weather info.
FYI: I'm using the 128dpi RealVGA because I think the 92dpi is to difficult to read for me.

SPB Weather would fit nicely on your screen, and works in all DPI's.
It's not free, but whilst I could never (publicly) condone software piracy, I will say it's not hard to find a 'working' version ;).
Don't remember how much memory it uses though, but it's sure to be more than you'd like.
Edit - just checked, the installer is 1.8mb.

[Pantaloonie]

Pic of a hideous full screen keyboard attached. And don't you just hate those fingerprints all over the screen...

[rpawly]

Pantaloonie..oh knower of all things good for winmo :)

calendar for my today screen, i saw it in the athena thread but i cant find it anywhere.

was it part of a rom possibly?

[Pantaloonie]

Pantaloonie..oh knower of all things good for winmo :)

calendar for my today screen, i saw it in the athena thread but i cant find it anywhere.

was it part of a rom possibly?


What kind of calendar? One that shows the whole month on the screen, or just the next few days?

[rpawly]

What kind of calendar? One that shows the whole month on the screen, or just the next few days?

what i really want is snapvue chopped off under the clock and calendar.
is it possible to edit the them and remove half of so that other plugins can use the bottom?

i use pocketdigitalclock (almost like snapvues but with seconds)
is it possible to put 2 plugins on the same line? (dont think so)

but yes a calendar that shows the month layout.

[Pantaloonie]

I don't remember seeing one in the Athena forum, it may be worth dropping a post there to ask.
Only one plugin per line with WinMo, unless you want to learn how to code...

[AndyGarton]

Anybody brave enough to delete the sn*.* and snapvue*.* files from the windows folder (after SnapVue has been banished of course)? It's 5mb of storage space which I could rather do with...

[Pantaloonie]

I'll pass on that one, as I'm keeping the snapvue interface.
It would probably be ok to delete them, but.... don't forget, no hard reset if you kill WinMo.

[sonietje]

Would somebody be so kind to post the standard template of Office mobile Word because I ran the 'Auto Clean' function of SKTools and it deleted all the templates. Each time I start Word Mobile I get an error message 'An error occured. The document could not be opened'. This will avoid that I have to reinstall Office mobile again. Thanks.

[rpawly]

i cant seem to find my address book anymore in winmo. someone have a lnk file or a location for the program in winmo?

maybe someone can attach a blank 1 or one they filled up and ill blank it out.

found it

[AndyGarton]

Would somebody be so kind to post the standard template of Office mobile Word because I ran the 'Auto Clean' function of SKTools and it deleted all the templates. Each time I start Word Mobile I get an error message 'An error occured. The document could not be opened'. This will avoid that I have to reinstall Office mobile again. Thanks.
Exact same thing just happened to me so I'd appreciate this too.

[rpawly]

i have installed jimmys_office2007.cab for the 2nd time now and excel is not wroking. Can somone let me know why.

[HDLord]

Having installed RealVGA, I am delighted to have lots of screen real estate, but does anyone know if it is possible to get the whole icons showing for Comm Manager (the icons do not get scaled down, so get cut off in the smaller area), or for the weather function in SnapVUE to show completely instead of being cut off at the bottom (so I cannot see the temperatures)?

[killer_t]

Any news for W