Menneisyys
10-24-2006, 03:19 PM
SKTools is without doubt the best all-in-one generic system maintenance tool for the Pocket PC. However much there indeed are other programs clearly better in some of the areas (for example, backing up (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1270&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) or registry tweaking (Tweaks2k2).)
The new, 3.0.73 version, which has just been released, is available here (http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?m_downloads.html) for WM2003, WM2003SE and WM5 devices. It's, of course, a free upgrade (as will be all future SKTools versions) to registered SKTools customers.
Since the last version (review here (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1107&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)), a lot of new features have been added and old features extended - features I really missed from the previous version (or, for that matter, any other Pocket PC maintenance application):
New:
- Registry optimization (WM5 only)
- Messaging Files option
- "Show SIM items" tweak
- "Decode HTML messages" tweak
Modified/extended:
- "Delete PIM data": now possible delete Messaging data (messages) – really welcome. Hope it’s something like CleanMail by the FlexMail folks (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=243&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)
- "Windows Startup": now possible delete services – also welcome – see the Safe Mode Bible (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1255&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) on the meaning of this
- "Databases": added EDB bases export to xml – probably the most welcome feature. This means you’ll be able to directly export all your contacts / appointments / tasks to an XML file, as could you do under pre-WM5 operating systems all the time with both SKTools and other WinCE database access tools like Pocket dbExplorer. This has really been missing from under WM5.
- "System information": extended information about the battery
- "Invalid Registry Entries": find and delete also empty keys
- French, Spanish, Italian UI added
Other:
- some small fixes
- File open dialog: added "new folder", "rename" commands
I've added some comments in italics.)
Also note they offer a 10% discount to all their (commercial) programs right now; see this (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&title=sk_software_save_now_10&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) for more info.
(Sorry for not writing an all-in-one review / tutorial on the new features. I'm very busy now with real-life work - if you think you can help me with some thin client-related questions, you can check out this (http://pocketpcmag.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25162) :) )
The new, 3.0.73 version, which has just been released, is available here (http://www.s-k-tools.com/index.html?m_downloads.html) for WM2003, WM2003SE and WM5 devices. It's, of course, a free upgrade (as will be all future SKTools versions) to registered SKTools customers.
Since the last version (review here (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1107&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)), a lot of new features have been added and old features extended - features I really missed from the previous version (or, for that matter, any other Pocket PC maintenance application):
New:
- Registry optimization (WM5 only)
- Messaging Files option
- "Show SIM items" tweak
- "Decode HTML messages" tweak
Modified/extended:
- "Delete PIM data": now possible delete Messaging data (messages) – really welcome. Hope it’s something like CleanMail by the FlexMail folks (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=243&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1)
- "Windows Startup": now possible delete services – also welcome – see the Safe Mode Bible (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1255&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) on the meaning of this
- "Databases": added EDB bases export to xml – probably the most welcome feature. This means you’ll be able to directly export all your contacts / appointments / tasks to an XML file, as could you do under pre-WM5 operating systems all the time with both SKTools and other WinCE database access tools like Pocket dbExplorer. This has really been missing from under WM5.
- "System information": extended information about the battery
- "Invalid Registry Entries": find and delete also empty keys
- French, Spanish, Italian UI added
Other:
- some small fixes
- File open dialog: added "new folder", "rename" commands
I've added some comments in italics.)
Also note they offer a 10% discount to all their (commercial) programs right now; see this (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&title=sk_software_save_now_10&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) for more info.
(Sorry for not writing an all-in-one review / tutorial on the new features. I'm very busy now with real-life work - if you think you can help me with some thin client-related questions, you can check out this (http://pocketpcmag.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25162) :) )