Deinstalling unnecessary software.

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Hello,
One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
Second Edition.

The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices which
they shouldn't be.
Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g. pocket
word, outlook etc?

--
Regards,
Sami

[Remove Numbers from e-mail address to use it]

 

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"Sami" <s8a2m9i1_i5s1l9a6m@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u4R0iihzEHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
> Second Edition.
>
> The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices
which
> they shouldn't be.
> Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g.
pocket
> word, outlook etc?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sami
>
> [Remove Numbers from e-mail address to use it]
>
>

Nice cross posting- did you not miss any newsgroups? How about
alt.pocketpc.Xpost?
microsoft.public.pocketpc,microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer,microsoft.publ
ic.windowsce.embedded,microsoft.public.windowsce.targeted.device

Read through the newsgroup archives- this has been covered a number of
times, and very recently in at least one of the newsgroups- still a current
thread possibly.

 

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In article <u4R0iihzEHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, Sami says...
> Hello,
> One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
> Second Edition.
>
> The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices which
> they shouldn't be.
> Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g. pocket
> word, outlook etc?
>
>
No. Its built into the ROM.

--
Conor

Normality will be restored once we work out what normality actually is.

 

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Shouldn't you be specifying what you want them to be able to run ?

Cheers - Neil

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:19:17 +0100, "Sami"
<s8a2m9i1_i5s1l9a6m@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
>Second Edition.
>
>The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices which
>they shouldn't be.
>Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g. pocket
>word, outlook etc?

 

[David]

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You could slow them down by removing the games folder from the windows
directory

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
> Shouldn't you be specifying what you want them to be able to run ?
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:19:17 +0100, "Sami"
> <s8a2m9i1_i5s1l9a6m@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile
>> 2003 Second Edition.
>>
>> The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the
>> devices which they shouldn't be.
>> Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software
>> e.g. pocket word, outlook etc?

 

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That would be my suggestion, remove all the shortcuts to the games and
programs you dont want accessed, from the program folder under
windows/startmenu/programs. that would at least slow them down. If you
want to allow them only to run 1 particular program, you might want to
google this groups archives for some info on running the PPC in kiosk mode.


"DaViD" <dbedford@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:zN6dnR5G1Zp60QPcRVnyuw@pipex.net...
You could slow them down by removing the games folder from the windows
directory

Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
> Shouldn't you be specifying what you want them to be able to run ?
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:19:17 +0100, "Sami"
> <s8a2m9i1_i5s1l9a6m@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile
>> 2003 Second Edition.
>>
>> The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the
>> devices which they shouldn't be.
>> Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software
>> e.g. pocket word, outlook etc?

 

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Conor <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1c07eefbc005b5bf989b98@news.giganews.com>...
> In article <u4R0iihzEHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, Sami says...
> > Hello,
> > One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
> > Second Edition.
> >
> > The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices which
> > they shouldn't be.
> > Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g. pocket
> > word, outlook etc?
> >
> >
> No. Its built into the ROM.

True, but a trick that'll fool most folks is replacing the ROM exe
files with bogus files w/the same name. The ROM files will still be
there, but the OS will always run a file in RAM with the same name as
one in ROM. If the OP creates a simple program that displays a
message like "this function removed from this unit" names a copy
"Solitare.exe", and places it in the \windows directory, anyone
tapping the Solitare icon or even running Solitare from the File
Explorer will get the bogus "removed" message.

Only by deleting (or renaming) the bogus "solitare.exe" program will
the real one become available to the OS again.

Sure, a PPC guru or power user will see through this feeble ploy, but
99% of the corporate users will have to play games on their cellphones
instead... ;-)

(When will companies realize that employees don't goof off on work
equipment because of the equipment itself? If solitare wasn't on the
PPC, they'd goof off doing something else!)

 

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In article <u4R0iihzEHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
s8a2m9i1_i5s1l9a6m@hotmail.com says...
> Hello,
> One of our customer just bought DELL Axim X30 with Windows Mobile 2003
> Second Edition.
>
> The problem is that the users end up playing Solitaire on the devices which
> they shouldn't be.
> Is there anyway to deinstall the game and other Windows software e.g. pocket
> word, outlook etc?

The problem is management's inability to manage. Such an Orwellian Big
Brother approach first insults all the responsible employees who wouldn't
dream of goofing off playing games during the firm's time but would quite
like to relax with a game during the ride home in the train.

It then shows that the line managers don't have the ability to identify
and discipline employees who aren't pulling their weight. I would suggest
that those sort of employees will still find some way to goof off even
without the games being available.