drlake66

I'm having trouble opening two books which I purchased on my Pocket PC. They open fine on my laptop but when I try to open them on my Pocket PC I get the following message: "This copy of Microsoft Reader cannot open this title. You may not have the appropriate rights for viewing this content. If you are the rightful owner of this title, please try reactivating you Microsoft Reader. See Help for instructions."

I have a Dell Axim x51v and I downloaded the latest version of MS Reader for Pocket PC. It is activated (at least according to the MS Reader screen) but I'm still getting this message. Any ideas why and how to fix it?

pawpals

Try activating again.

This happened to me with secure ebooks only.

drlake66

Originally Posted by pawpals

Try activating again. This happened to me with secure ebooks only.

Thanks for the tip. I did try that and it didn't work. I think I've figured out the problem but still have no solution. My Microsoft Passport acccount has reached the quota of activations allowed (6). I can activate Reader using a different Passport account but because these books were downloaded under a different Passport account I can't open them. So I'm trying to figure out how to get Microsoft to increase my quota.

We'll see what happens.

scarpad

THat's why I hate MSreader it's always a pain when you change Email Adresses , etc

ThundaAx

Try sending a PM to msreadergirl and see if she help you with your quota issue.

Ladhra

I had a similar problem. I asked Microsoft for more quota and the next day I reactivated my MS Reader.

Cool Hand

maybe a little off msreader topic but i found a neat little trick... maybe not neat... and maybe not a trick, but i am a newbie and i spent an hour looking for a good ebook reader for my new x51v... in the course of searching i came across the gutenberg project (www.gutenberg.org) they have lots of classics and they are free and legal... in anycase still without a reader, i opened one of the html links to "The Art Of War" and was able to read it just fine on the default setting, large view and fullscreen enabled... now the "neat trick" is that it stayed in my history so that i could recall the entire text without being online... even offline, internet explorer probably eats more battery than tomeraider or some other ebook reader... but i am happy because i do not have to buy or download a reader and i dont have to convert files.

pawpals

Hi Cool Hand,

Yes, html files can be read on your browser. But mobipocket can also read html.

Free readers, in addition to MS Reader are:

www.Mobipocket.com - besides mobi format, will read unencrypted html, pdf, palm, word, rss news.

www.ereader.com - they also have a paid reader. For palm docs only.

The above are my 2 favorite readers and are both fully able to be customized and with screen tap to turn page. There is also Adobe Reader for PPC, which in my opinion is the worst for reading on a PDA (and horrible with VGA Axim X51v, unless you get hi-res fix which makes the print tiny). It does not let you change the font used, but does allow for changing colors and size.

Mobipocket lets you read on up to 4 devices, and eReader has you put in the name & credit card number used to open encrypted files.

I used to use MS Reader, but it has a really limited screen tap to turn page, no font change, was unable to change font sizes on many ebooks, and no changing of font/background colors (I use green font on black to read).

There are a couple of other free readers - search forum(s) and you will find.

Richard Haynes

I don't think MS Reader works with Windows Mobile 5.0.

pawpals

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I don't think MS Reader works with Windows Mobile 5.0

Oh, yes it most definitely does.

http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/ppc.asp

drlake66

After several phone calls from MS tech support and a few days, I was finally able to activate reader using my original Passport account. I guess I finally got the extra quota. But what a pain in the behind.

Microsoft should figure out a way to allow users to manage which computers are activated because then I could remove the systems I no longer have and have some quota slots left to activate new ones.

pawpals

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=38104

See above thread about saving MS Activation, for use after a hard reset.

zleaze

I have a copy of the *.lit file ebook. So after activating my pc & ppc, i simply copy to my pda & click the lit file. However a prompt comes up " The file cannot be opened.Either it is no a signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found.You might need to reinstall or restore this file"

I have reactivated my pc & ppc still the same problem.My Mreader seemed to open quite okay though.It's just not opening my ebook as with the prompt ebove.I also have install Mobipocket but it doesn't read my lit file. Any other reader out there?

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