Hi!
Is there a way that I can check if password protection is turned on the
device [Pocket PC 2003]? If it is not turned on then how can I inform the
user that they should set the password?

Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Kumar

Hi Kumar,

You can simply check the [HKCU\ControlPanel\Owner\PowrPass] key to see
whether it on or off. www.OpenNetCF.org provides open source classes for
retrieving registry from C# or VB .NET.

The following two links has more information related to your question.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...DDAICEHA.1220%
40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%252Bpassword%2B%252Bpocket
%2B%252Bpc%2B%252Bregistry%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DOVhDDAICE
HA.1220%2540TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl%26rnum%3D6

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314989

Thanks

Ercan Turkarslan
Microsoft Mobile Devices Division Developer Support

Thank you for the response!
I believe that's the information I needed but I can't find that registry key
on my hp ipaq 4150 series pocket pc. Infact, I don't see a Password setting
option in Start->Settings->Personal tab. When I looked at the registry, I
could not find a PowrPass entry instead I found
[HKCU\ControlPanel\Owner\Owner]

Is this an OEM issue or is there any other way that I can find out about the
setting?

Regards,
Kumar

"Ercan Turkarslan [MS]" wrote:

> Hi Kumar,
>
> You can simply check the [HKCU\ControlPanel\Owner\PowrPass] key to see
> whether it on or off. www.OpenNetCF.org provides open source classes for
> retrieving registry from C# or VB .NET.
>
> The following two links has more information related to your question.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...DDAICEHA.1220%
> 40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%252Bpassword%2B%252Bpocket
> %2B%252Bpc%2B%252Bregistry%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DOVhDDAICE
> HA.1220%2540TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl%26rnum%3D6
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314989
>
> Thanks
>
> Ercan Turkarslan
> Microsoft Mobile Devices Division Developer Support
>
>

Password setting is not OEM related. So it comes with the every Pocket PC
device. I checked on an IPAQ 3955 and IPAQ 4150 (your model), the icon is
in Start->Settings->Personal tab.

It may disappear if you install a third party password tool and that tool
may locate it's icon somewhere else.

- Ercan

You were right Ercan! I tried to find the icon on the device but I couldn't.
So I did a hard reset and 'got' the Password option back.

Just as a heads-up to anyone else looking for info about PowrPass value, it
is set to
00 if no password exists
01 if a 4-digit password exists
03 if an alphanumeric[strong] password exists.
These values are for a hp iPAQ 4150 Pocket PC 2003 device.
If the Password icon is missing, as in my case, then the Key doesn't exist.

Thanks for the help!
Regards,
Kumar

"Ercan Turkarslan [MS]" wrote:

> Password setting is not OEM related. So it comes with the every Pocket PC
> device. I checked on an IPAQ 3955 and IPAQ 4150 (your model), the icon is
> in Start->Settings->Personal tab.
>
> It may disappear if you install a third party password tool and that tool
> may locate it's icon somewhere else.
>
> - Ercan
>
>