Welcome screen / Password protect

02-11-06, 10:23 AM

hey all

can anyone recommend a nicer welcome screen (general information screen) and a nice password protect program.

would like to customise my pda more :D

theavatar · 02-11-06, 10:36 AM

Before I upgraded to WM5 I used to use 1-Pass from http://www.omegaone.com. You can do numbers or button presses or screen areas for your password.
Not compatible with WM5 though.

02-11-06, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by 25rover

hey all

can anyone recommend a nicer welcome screen (general information screen) and a nice password protect program.

would like to customise my pda more :D

Well, you can give my program a try! It's called Pocket Secure!

Many of my users have changed over to Pocket Secure from the others due to it's many features and stability!

Some quick features:

* Run at Power-on
* Run after Reset
* Date / Time / Sys Info on main screen
* Current Screen Capture or Choose Any Pic for Background
* Skinable Buttons, Background, Color & Text
* ...and more

Current version is v2.0, and currently v3.0 is in beta testing which is due for release in about 1 week! v3.0 has many new features (as requested by users), that is sure to be liked by everyone! The new upgrade is "Free" to all current registered users...
:)

Pocket Secure works with 2003, 2003SE, WM5, and SmartPhone devices! Download a Free Trial, and check it out! :approve:

DoDoubleGeo · 02-11-06, 11:18 AM

On WM2003 you can change the top graphic that is displayed on the Owner Information screen. You can find the file myinfo.gif in the Windows directory. Simply copy over a new version. Size of the image is 240x60. I created a new PNG graphic and renamed it to myinfo.gif, dropped into \Windows\ and soft-reset.

Howard2k · 02-11-06, 11:26 AM

You can also use the built in password protection feature.

02-11-06, 12:31 PM

I use to use nice start, but it does not work very well with wm2003se. I have been using Pocket Secure for a couple of weeks. Its very stable, and works well (no issues). I recomend the you give their trial version a try.

Check out this http://www.wormholecreations.com.au/...sts=17&start=1

The issue with 1-pass is the same issue I had with nice start.

02-11-06, 11:43 PM

Thanks twmiller! :)

Interesting link. I haven't seen that one before!

02-12-06, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by twmiller

I use to use nice start, but it does not work very well with wm2003se.

What problems did you have with Nice Start on 2003SE ? (I haven't had any problems with it)

02-12-06, 07:32 AM

Basiclly I had the same issue as http://www.wormholecreations.com.au/...sts=17&start=1

When I would do a soft reset, nice start would work. When I would turn off my x50v and turn it on, the default password would come up.

When I was having issues, Trancreative (makers of Nice Start) had a support forumn. I along with some other people (with we2003se devices) were asking for help.

From what I understand, Nice Start resides in a specific area of memory. If too many apps are running, the default password will only work, not Nice Start. http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...ght=nice+start

BTW - there is another theory the WA2 causes Nice Start not to work properly, although I still had problems with WA2 turned off...

02-12-06, 09:36 AM

For related reasons, I built Pocket Secure to be totally independant from the builtin OS password.

I was also having some conflicts with WA2, and had to write some additional code to get around the issues, and make both apps 'play nice'!

I now use WA2 & WAD, and many other programs, and I'm happy to say that there are "0" conflicts with any while using Pocket Secure! Even if they run in the background... :)

runnr548 · 02-12-06, 09:51 AM

I use the supplied one, but there are several nice ones available.