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Owing to major building work I have certain equipment stored away.

Unfortunately I had to reset my Dell AXIM X5 and as a result have lost
my WiFi connection, the driver appears to have disappeared.

I have not got access to my handheld to computer lead and my IrDA on
my main computer is not working (Driver disk stored away and obscure
make, can't find drivers).

Is there any way I can install by perhaps copying on to a SD card and
then copying from the SD card to the handheld's device\windows
location?

Otherwise I'm going to have to lose the use of the handheld until I
sort out the extension.

Geoff Lane

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Well there is a chance, but it depends on the Wi-Fi card you are using. Most
Wi-Fi cards required ActiveSync to setup the registry. Some cards may
however have a CAB file that will install everything you need. Generally if
you look in your My Programs folder on the PC and in My Programs/Microsoft
Activesync you may find the folder where the drivers are stored, you would
need to copy the correct version of the CAB file to the Axim, then tap on it
to install it on the Axim. Note that this will also delete the file from the
Axim.

--
David Hettel
Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices

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>> Owing to major building work I have certain equipment stored away.
>>
>> Unfortunately I had to reset my Dell AXIM X5 and as a result have lost
>> my WiFi connection, the driver appears to have disappeared.
>>
>> I have not got access to my handheld to computer lead and my IrDA on
>> my main computer is not working (Driver disk stored away and obscure
>> make, can't find drivers).
>>
>> Is there any way I can install by perhaps copying on to a SD card and
>> then copying from the SD card to the handheld's device\windows
>> location?
>>
>> Otherwise I'm going to have to lose the use of the handheld until I
>> sort out the extension.
>>
>> Geoff Lane
>>
> Geoff;
>
> The answer is no, you cannot. The Dell drivers disk is designed to use
> ActiveSync and Windows to install the components. The install routine
> would not be recognized by WM and would not run.
>
> Bobby
>
>
>
>

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For future reference... when you are again setup with a working
configuration, run a "backup to memory card"

Doing so, effectively captures an image of the RAM including the
registry and dll's so that if you have reload, you can be back in
buisness in a few minutes with only your ppc to work with.

One note... if the backup program you use is not in the device rom, make
sure you keep a copy of the backup program's cab file on the same memory
card so that it's available to install in order to access the backup
file for a restore.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:00:51 -0500, "Beverly Howard
[Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:

>For future reference... when you are again setup with a working
>configuration, run a "backup to memory card"

Yes, I will do, trouble is, I did not think I would have to store my
stuff away for so long otherwise it would not have been a problem.

Geoff Lane

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>> storage... wasn't necessary <<

understand,

But any time away from the desktop makes this an important option...

Several times of my own experiencing of an unexpected hard reset, it was
pleastant to discover how easy it was to be back where I was at the last
backup.

Has also prompted me into running backups fairly often ;-)

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]