PC SupportRepair your PC your Self

While new Pocket PC owners are usually excited with their purchase, their enthusiasm is often dampened once they run into stability and speed issues. This guide will walk you through several tips to keep your machine slick and well-oiled. As with any system or registry tweaks, always backup in case something does go amiss. Remember, we’re not responsible for any loss of data.

(1). Close not minimize

If you are ignorant, when you tap on the close button, the program only minimizes. Therefore, you may end up with a cord of programs running on the background taking up valuable memory. Make sure out our wrapper on freeware task managers to improve manages your device’s resources. If you don’t mind expenditure a little, we recommend Spb Pocket Plus. In adding to task management, this feature-laden software put in a launcher, battery meter and other functions.

(2). Remove idle programs

Even though processor speed is imperative to system performance, the ease of use of memory plays an equally crucial role. When it comes to Pocket PC, the more free memory, the better. Programs consume precious reminiscence so uninstall those you don’t need. Go to Start/Settings/System/Remove Programs to uninstall them.

(3). move big files to storage card

In its place of keeping space-intensive data on your main memory, move these files to your storage cards instead. A quick way to identify files hogging the space is via WIMR. After that, using the built-in File traveler, just cut and paste to move files off the main memory. Make sure these are data files rather than executables or you may break your programs.

(4). Disable Windows menu animation

Switching off eye candies like animation keeps your handheld fast. To do so, you’ll require a registry editor like PHM Reedits to modify the registry. Find the way to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEMGWEMenu, then change the value of “Antitype” from 6 (default) to 0. This disables the menu animation. If doing this is a daunting task, an easy option is with Reeking. This nifty freeware lets you fastening the menu cartoon easily and offers other pinch.

(5).Clean up the registry

Above time your registry may be strangle up with redundant entries. Chase these down with Remover or Pocket Mechanic. want to save some dough and don’t mind getting your give dirty? Try manually take away them from the registry. Launch your registry editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREApps and HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWARE. remove entries of programs that have been uninstalled but still prowl in the registry. This won’t do as good a job by Remover and Pocket Mechanic but should be enough.

(6).Over clocking

If having the fastest Pocket PC means the world to you, try overclocking it. Immiersoft’s XCPUScalar or Pocket Hack Master from Anton Tomov let you run your handheld at rate higher than it’s designed for. Beware though, there’s a good chance your device may freeze or even hard-reset.

(7).boost display cache

Another tip to speed up the display is to increase the glyph cache value. However, this will take up more system memory. start on your registry editor and browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMGDIGLYPHCACHE. modify the value of “limit” from 8192 (default) to 16384 or even 32768. If interfering the registry is unnerving for you, Raging gets this done in a few taps.

(8).Install programs onto outside storage

If you require a host of software on your Pocket PC, there’s no way all of them can be put in on your main memory. Whenever possible, decide to install programs onto a flash memory card or even non-volatile memory such as iPAQ File Store. This frees up main memory for running programs.

(9).Remove superfluous folders and files

Like your Windows desktop, the uninstall custom on the Pocket PC often does a awful job leaving orphaned folders and files. Manually remove them using File Explorer. As well, programs may build up redundant data over time. Rather than removing them manually, install SpeedClean, a free tool that deletes Temporary internet files, Cookies and the Temp folder with effortlessness.