A guide to using Microsoft Portrait for peer-to-peer chat & freeing up some 730kbytes

Menneisyys · 10-29-05, 04:01 AM

I've just posted a tutorial on all this in my PocketPCMag Expert Blog. Feel free to read (and comment) :)

**Rishad** · 10-29-05, 04:31 AM

If I relocate these dlls,

2002.04.23. 11:21 12 288 camdrv.dll
2004.02.04. 18:26 23 040 G1000CamLib.dll
2003.02.14. 08:53 114688 gd104.dll
2002.07.15. 11:37 68 608 hpcamapi.dll
2002.04.11. 16:36 129024 hpimglib.dll
2003.09.26. 15:10 118784 SDIOCam.dll
2003.01.21. 18:28 33 280 veocamapi.dll

..to my storage card, will they still function?

Menneisyys · 10-29-05, 07:21 AM

Yes, they will.

**Rishad** · 10-29-05, 07:32 AM

Awesome! do I need to move them to any specific folder (like "My Documents") or any folder is good?

Thanks again.

Menneisyys · 10-29-05, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by akheron

Awesome! do I need to move them to any specific folder (like "My Documents") or any folder is good?

Thanks again.

It's the best if you move them in the home of MS Portrait; for example, \CF Card\Microsoft Portrait

vincentnyc · 10-29-05, 02:44 PM

is this a free program?

**Rishad** · 10-29-05, 05:20 PM

yes its free.

I have relocated all the dlls except for "gd104.dll". I couldn't find it under windows\. any idea why I don't have it there? I have portrait 2.3 installed.

vincentnyc · 10-29-05, 05:47 PM

akheron: i couldnt find that "gd104.dll" either.

another question....i tested it out and it work!!! first i tried my internal ip(192.x.x.x) since i have a linksys router. then i read it somewhere where someone said if u need to call from the outside to my home...that i need port forwarding...that "Microsoft Portrait requires port forwarding to work...ports 8100-8120 have to be forwarded. so i went into my linksys router and forward those ports and it works!!!

but the question is...how come you need port 8100-8120? what are those ports use for and their name? when i search in microsoft portrait homepage...no where it said i need those ports to be opened...yet someone here name Gigi said i need those port to open to work....how come microsoft didnt list those ports to be opened?

vincentnyc · 10-29-05, 05:55 PM

another quick question...let say im in a hotel that has free wifi...and the person who said i need port forwarding open in order to work...how would i open those port then since i wont have access to the hotel router?

Menneisyys · 10-30-05, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by vincentnyc

another quick question...let say im in a hotel that has free wifi...and the person who said i need port forwarding open in order to work...how would i open those port then since i wont have access to the hotel router?

In these cases (when you're behind a firewall) don't use direct p2p connections but server-based ones - for example, log into MSN Messenger from Portrait and initiate the call from there. I think it'll work (not sure though - haven't checked).

vincentnyc · 10-30-05, 09:11 AM

how you sign in thru msn messenger from portrait?

vincentnyc · 10-30-05, 09:20 AM

never mind...i figure it out how to turn on msn messenger in my portrait.

vincentnyc · 10-30-05, 09:25 AM

one more thing...there is a sip communication setting in portrait...how is that use? i have a voip service from stanaphone.com...is that where i plug in this phone settings in portrait?