| Windows Mobile 5 gives us some important new | | | | |
| features including persistent storage. When I | | | | Now, soft reset your device. |
| heard that there was an upgrade for my HP iPAQ | | | | |
| hx2410 Pocket PC I was eager to upgrade, along | | | | We aren't done yet, although you will probably |
| with many others. Unfortunately, the upgrade has | | | | notice a difference in performance right away. |
| not been smooth for many and performance has | | | | |
| been a real problem. But I can tell you that the | | | | Now, you need to stop Activesync from |
| performance issue is solved by doing the | | | | periodically starting on it's own. To do so open |
| following:*If you are not comfortable with editing | | | | Activesync on your WM5 device and tap on |
| your registry you should not do so, just get the | | | | Menu>Add Server Source. Add any info to create |
| newest version of Tweaks2k2* Using a registry | | | | a fake server sync. After that is complete go to |
| editor lookup and change the following three | | | | Menu>Schedule and change the two dropdowns |
| values: | | | | to "Manual" and tap "ok" at the top right. You can |
| | | | now go to Menu>Options and delete the |
| TFSCacheSize=0x1000(4096) | | | | Exchange Server setting you just added. Now |
| | | | Activesync will not start when you cradle your |
| TFSEnableCache=0x1(1) | | | | device. |
| | | | |
| ltersfsreplxfiltReplStoreCacheSize=0x1000(4096) | | | | Error Reporting is real drain on the battery and |
| | | | on performance. It is simple to disable, just go to |
| Be sure to choose Tools>Exit in order to have | | | | Start>Settings>System(tab) and tap the Error |
| the settings applied to the registry and then turn | | | | Reporting icon. Change the setting to "Disable |
| off your Windows Mobile device, don't reset yet! | | | | error reporting". |
| You have to do this because WM5 keeps some | | | | |
| things in RAM and by cycling the power it will | | | | For good measure, soft reset again. Everything |
| write to ROM. | | | | should be MUCH snappier!! |