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My friend's new Dell PPC won't sync with his desktop. I'm wondering if he has the same problem with Active Sync that Tanker Bob mentioned in his series on PPC and Palm. Tanker Bob suggested using SK Tools to clean up old registries.

But if my friend can't use Active Sync, how can he install SK Tools onto his Dell PPC?

Is it possible to install SK Tools onto an SD card in an SD card reader, and then put the SD card into the PPC?

Any help will be deeply appreciated.

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Indeed it is. Most PPC programs come in two types of packages: a self-installer .exe file or a non-self-installer.cab file. The latter is usually CPU specific, so you want the ARM CAB. Copy the CAB file onto an SD card in another handheld or a card reader, install the card into the target PPC, and then execute the CAB file in File Explorer by double tapping on it. At this point, the program in the CAB file will be installed into RAM (Program Storage).

If you want to install the program into BIS or on a card, you can use a free utility called CABInstl that's available on SK's website. It can be installed in the same way into RAM before you install SKTools. After restoring the ActiveSync capability, you can uninstall CABInstl from RAM and then reinstall it where ever you wish.

Hope this helps.

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Regards,
Tanker Bob
Tanker Bob's Handheld Computing Page
Reviewer at MobileTechReview

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