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12-24-2006, 11:53 AM
You’ve installed a new application and, now, can’t boot in your Pocket PC? Ever wondered how you can boot into a Safe Mode similar to the desktop Windows Safe Mode to disable all third-party applications and services? Read this!
In the (highly recommended if you still haven't read it!) Safe Mode Bible (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1255&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1), I’ve explained what Safe Mode applications there have been on the Pocket PC. Back then, in September, there were only three of them: the built-in Safe Mode in the commercial Spb Pocket Plus and iLauncher 3 and, finally, the, then, free but not WM5-compliant, 1-series of SafeMode by monoCube (http://www.monocube.com) (mCube).
http://www.monocube.com/images/stories/safemode_anim.gif
The author of the latter has just released a WM5-compliant, greatly enhanced version of SafeMode. It has every bells and whistles and is, right now (before the release a new version of SKTools, which is rumored to receive safe mode capabilities some time), the most safe application because it’s able to filter:
INIT applications - these are low level applications, such as older versions of "Mad Programmer’s ForceHiRes" or "XCPUScalar"
Services - these are system applications; they are not visible with the task manager, and generally run in the background
Startup applications - startup links, placed in "Windows\Startup"
Today plugins - SafeMode 2 disables all Today plugins, replacing it with it's own interface, as a reminder you're running in SafeMode
Input methods - all non-standard Input methods (custom keyboards etc) are disabled
Pocket Internet Explorer plugins (such as MultiIE)
Other extensions, found in system registry
Unfortunately, it’s no longer free: it costs $6.95. There’s an unrestricted 14-day version available.
Please visit the homepage of the application HERE (http://www.monocube.com/content/view/5/37/) for more information / for the download.
In the (highly recommended if you still haven't read it!) Safe Mode Bible (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1255&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1), I’ve explained what Safe Mode applications there have been on the Pocket PC. Back then, in September, there were only three of them: the built-in Safe Mode in the commercial Spb Pocket Plus and iLauncher 3 and, finally, the, then, free but not WM5-compliant, 1-series of SafeMode by monoCube (http://www.monocube.com) (mCube).
http://www.monocube.com/images/stories/safemode_anim.gif
The author of the latter has just released a WM5-compliant, greatly enhanced version of SafeMode. It has every bells and whistles and is, right now (before the release a new version of SKTools, which is rumored to receive safe mode capabilities some time), the most safe application because it’s able to filter:
INIT applications - these are low level applications, such as older versions of "Mad Programmer’s ForceHiRes" or "XCPUScalar"
Services - these are system applications; they are not visible with the task manager, and generally run in the background
Startup applications - startup links, placed in "Windows\Startup"
Today plugins - SafeMode 2 disables all Today plugins, replacing it with it's own interface, as a reminder you're running in SafeMode
Input methods - all non-standard Input methods (custom keyboards etc) are disabled
Pocket Internet Explorer plugins (such as MultiIE)
Other extensions, found in system registry
Unfortunately, it’s no longer free: it costs $6.95. There’s an unrestricted 14-day version available.
Please visit the homepage of the application HERE (http://www.monocube.com/content/view/5/37/) for more information / for the download.