Hi, >From what I remember, you don't have to tweak this setting to do that, since XP already shows you everything stored on the BSP - including what's in the ROM image portion. Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: Nafisah Anif [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GWN] Official results: You cannot change system sounds... Hello everyone, Joseph or Raul: Could you not just connect BSP to the computer and change the settings in Folder Options to show operating system files or hidden files and folders, in order to access system files on the BSP? Nafisah A. Anif A good word is as a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches reach to the sky, giving its fruit at all times, by the Leave of its Lord. (Qur'an, 14:24-25). My blog: http://nafi19786.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/minaret786 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:50 PM Subject: RE: [GWN] Official results: You cannot change system sounds... > Hi, > That's my thinking as well. I was testing if the "old hacks" worked or > not - > just placing Windows folder on Flash with the updated sound file (dated > later than official one). Using ActiveSync would be somewhat tedious (for > some users) - but if I have to, I'd go in their and change everything - > with > the benefit of Hard Reset. Also, since activeSync exposes key system files > and folders (unlike WMDC), it'll allow me and other engineers to find out > the "real software architecture" of HIMS interface - at this point, > multiple > executables, all packaged under Task Manager (the main menu on top). Since > I > don't have the USB cable, that possibility has to wait (unless if someone > would like to access BSP files under WinXP and send it to me (and other > programmers) as zip so that we can view it). > Cheers, > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GWN] Official results: You cannot change system sounds... > > Joseph, just for the record, you can indeed change the system sounds if > you have access to a Windows XP machine running Active Sync. However we > don not support this and a hard reset would restore the defaults, > causing the changes to be lost. > > Many thanks. > > On 8/30/2010 9:52 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: >> Hi folks, >> after testing my theory on changing system sounds, the result is that you >> cannot do it. Just creating a folder called Windows on Flash Disk and >> copying required startup wav files won't do a trick. Either; Unlike other >> devices, HIMS interface does not recognize files in Windows folder on > Flash, >> or I don't know the path and name of the startup wav file that I need to >> modify the system sounds. If this theory have succeeded, then I can > declare >> that at least Braille Sense can be "hacked," but at least the failure of >> this theory tells me (and other hackers) the key ingredient of HIMS file >> system structure - that HIMS uses separate databases and folders for > storing >> documents, which means that the company uses separate layer on top of CE > to >> present its interface. The tests that I've done shows that system files > are >> still in RAM Disk, but HIMS uses their own database format and does >> translate on the fly to CDB when it needs to. >> I wish I could go into details of how this can be done, but due to > technical >> nature of this report (which I know only some would be able to > understand), >> I'll not compose it - it's up to popular demand for me (and others) to >> publish useful things, including useful theoratical hacks. >> Cheers, >> //JL (UCR) >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist > Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 > Web http://www.gwmicro.com > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
