MS Reader Activation WM5

Jon_dco

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Nov 16, 2005, 5:39:02 AM11/16/05

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I'm not going to bother to ask if there is a work around as I've searched
thru all the suggested options here and none of them seem to have worked for
my O2 EXEC XDA or HDC Universal based device.
However, back last month it was the next few weeks that we were hopefully
going to see an actual patch/fix type solution, and theres nothing been
mentioned about an actual release date.

Please Christine, if you have any news on when we can hope to see this then
please do tell, or if the hoped for fix failed testing then please let us
know.

Christine

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Nov 16, 2005, 2:33:59 PM11/16/05

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All:

I agree that you are all due an update. Thanks for bringing this up Jon.
Here is the current status:

The WM 5.0 issue has been resolved. The code is currently in testing. We
were slated to release early this week but a last minute backward
compatibility bug was found that is preventing our release. I know that this
has been forthcoming for a while and your continued patience is greatly
appreciated. I will post back here as soon as we have additional release
information.

Sincerely,
Christine - Microsoft Reader Team

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Jon_dco

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Nov 17, 2005, 4:45:15 AM11/17/05

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Many thanks for the update Christine, Looking forward to seeing this
resolved, and sorry I meant to include this in my original post, but,

In what form can we expect to see the solution to the problem, ie will it be
available directly from MS so we can just 'Patch' our copy of ms reader
or will it be an OS type fix and have to go VIA the OEM Vendors, so we end
up waiting for them to package it up for release? (Desperately hoping it'll
be available via MS)

Once again many thanks for your answers.
Jon_dco

Christine

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Nov 17, 2005, 5:08:56 PM11/17/05

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Jon:

Very good question! I am happy to say that this fix will take the form of an
updated Reader that will be available via the web at
http://www.microsoft.com/reader when it is complete. I will post email and a
link when we are live so that all of you incredibly patient folks will be
able to get at it as soon as it is available.

Sincerely,
Christine - Microsoft Reader Team

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Jon_dco

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Nov 18, 2005, 11:19:56 AM11/18/05

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Thats the news we love to hear,

Thank you Christine

Jon_dco

Brad

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Nov 23, 2005, 4:26:10 PM11/23/05

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i have an ipaq hx2750 upgraded to WM5 and am still not able to activate after
downloading the newest exe on 11/23/05.

Any thought.

Brad

Christine

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Nov 23, 2005, 4:53:41 PM11/23/05

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Brad:

Yes, indeed we did upgrade the install today for WM 5.0 as well as fixing
some setup issues (we now support installing your Reader to removable media
without having to move files to activate). I'm guessing that you are
probably dealing with a cached install. Please do the following:

On the desktop go to Control Panel | add/remove programs
Find the Microsoft Reader for PPC install entry
Click on modify/uninstall
Close add/remove and control panel

Cradle device
Open ActiveSync and sync the device
Go to Tools | Add/Remove programs
Select the Reader and go to the Remove all section at the bottom
Click remove
Once the release has disappeared from the program listing close the
add/remove programs dialog
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/ppc.asp
Click on the setup.exe
Choose "run" and follow the install instructions.

If this does not resolve your issue please post back and we will do our
best to assist you.

Sincerely,
Christine - Microsoft Reader Team

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peppermks4

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Dec 7, 2008, 6:23:01 PM12/7/08

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I just bought the new vista windows and the 2 PDA's I have been using with
Reader will not activate at all. The 'das' web site doesn't activate nor
does removing Reader and reinstalling. I cannot afford another new
handheld.....

Daniel Crichton

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Dec 8, 2008, 5:28:47 AM12/8/08

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peppermks4 wrote on Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:23:01 -0800:

> I just bought the new vista windows and the 2 PDA's I have been using
> with
> Reader will not activate at all. The 'das' web site doesn't activate
> nor does removing Reader and reinstalling. I cannot afford another
> new handheld.....

Have you followed the Vista activation instructions here: http://das.microsoft.com/activate/en-us/activatefaq.asp#fa_vista

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Dan
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Daniel Crichton

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Dec 8, 2008, 5:33:18 AM12/8/08

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Also, what operating system are the handhelds running? Reader does not yet
work with Windows Mobile 6.1.

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peppermks4

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Dec 8, 2008, 4:53:00 PM12/8/08

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Dan,
Thank you for the information. I have tried all of your sugestions and more
it is still a no go. If it is the Windows Mobile 6.1 I will have to keep
reading the non-electrics books.

Fred

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Dec 12, 2008, 11:52:42 AM12/12/08

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In article <A7E8B880-7DD7-45E4...@microsoft.com>,
peppermks4 <peppe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

If I remember right, certain hp ipaqs were missing a file on the system
to activate the MS Reader software.

Here is the link to the fix:

A fix for HP users, like my iPAQ HP 2970 WM5 is available from HP;
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...oad/23528.html

Hope this helps,

Fred.