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WM5/6 Preventing App uninstall

Hi,
I have been told that there is a registry setting to prevent applications being unloaded from a WM5/6 device.
Can anyone tell me what it is?
I want to install a personal fw but don't want the users to unload this when my back is turned and opening up our network...
Many thanks,
Sam.

You can remove a program from the 'uninstall' list via registry (sorry don't remember the key) but this won't stop someone from simply deleting the files.
As for stopping an up from running - there is no such key. If the program has no active or visible windows it will not show in the regular task manager, but if a user knows enough he can easily delete if from autostart or turn it off using a 3rd party app manager.
But there is one thing I don't quite understand about your question:
You want to put a firewall on the phones of people in your company / organization so that when they connect to your network they won't jeopardize it?
Don't you need a firewall on the network side for this?
Note that WM devices (unlike XP etc) have virtually no server components so unless your users install a harmful app there is nothing for the intruder to connect to. (No file sharing, no remote desktop etc.)

[Q] phone7 in business

i've been trying to find info over the last 30-60mins, and cant find anything really conclusive.
the best info i've found is phone7 is going for blackberry market.
however, from the many other results i've found, it's very limited an no where near capable of being a business-grade OS.
ok, what i've been trying to find out is the following:
having a wm6 handset right now, what features is phone7 missing?
is mass-storage mode available?
is exchange 2007 sync available, or is it only exchange2010 compatible?
is the office suite complete? (word, excel, powerpoint, sharepoint etc)
i'm having a hard time realising what phone7 is like in the corporate environment and everything seems to be so focused on facebook and the social side of things, rather than serious business requirements.
i've had the luxury to use android on my touchHD for more than just a few minutes, so i know what it's capable of. phone7 on the other hand i dont have the luxury of trialling.

veehexx said:
i've been trying to find info over the last 30-60mins, and cant find anything really conclusive.
the best info i've found is phone7 is going for blackberry market.
however, from the many other results i've found, it's very limited an no where near capable of being a business-grade OS.
ok, what i've been trying to find out is the following:
having a wm6 handset right now, what features is phone7 missing?
is mass-storage mode available?
is exchange 2007 sync available, or is it only exchange2010 compatible?
is the office suite complete? (word, excel, powerpoint, sharepoint etc)
i'm having a hard time realising what phone7 is like in the corporate environment and everything seems to be so focused on facebook and the social side of things, rather than serious business requirements.
i've had the luxury to use android on my touchHD for more than just a few minutes, so i know what it's capable of. phone7 on the other hand i dont have the luxury of trialling.
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1) Mass Storage = NO - Use a USB stick. Use DropBox. Use SkyDrive. Use something else but don't use the phone as a storage device. Think about it this way. You carry the WP7 device with you and you have something on it. You then have to carry the sync cable and make sure that the other computer can install the device driver on it as well. There are many other reasons I can understand why it isn't a good reason to use the WP7 phone as a Mass Storage Device.
2) Exchange 2007 and 2010 = YES - I sync to both type of servers with Policies.
3) Office Suite = Word, Excel PowerPoint, OneNote, Sharepoint.

mrmomoman said:
2) Exchange 2007 and 2010 = YES - I sync to both type of servers with Policies.
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What about Exchange 2003?

Hiya ive had a device since the 21st and this is what ive found.
Q1. Having a wm6 handset right now, what features is phone7 missing?
A1. There are no Notes sync with using exchange but M$ answer is to use OneNote, no VPN or remote desktop. Most things have to be synced using an exchange server over the air. But contacts, Calendar and Email do work fine.
Q2. Is mass-storage mode available?
A2. No
Q3. Is exchange 2007 sync available, or is it only exchange2010 compatible?
A3. We are running exchange 2007 and it works just fine, 2010 will add sms backup weather this will work with WP7 i dont know but it does with 6.5.
Q4. Is the office suite complete? (word, excel, powerpoint, sharepoint etc)
A4. Yes Word, Excel, share point, One Note and Power Point is included. But the only way to get them to the phone is email or you will need a Live account to share documents.

mrmomoman said:
1) Mass Storage = NO - Use a USB stick. Use DropBox. Use SkyDrive. Use something else but don't use the phone as a storage device. Think about it this way. You carry the WP7 device with you and you have something on it. You then have to carry the sync cable and make sure that the other computer can install the device driver on it as well. There are many other reasons I can understand why it isn't a good reason to use the WP7 phone as a Mass Storage Device.
2) Exchange 2007 and 2010 = YES - I sync to both type of servers with Policies.
3) Office Suite = Word, Excel PowerPoint, OneNote, Sharepoint.
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short addon to the exchange sync info:
WP7 will not allow sync of tasks! (calendar will be synced)
Even check your capabilities to deploy certificates for ssl-secured exchange connections.
I've wrote a short closeup about my business experience HERE.
Greetings Ralf

thank you all for your replies.
lack of mass storage is a PITA for me personally. it's not so much a business need, but the ability to simply whack the phone onto any pc (i presume HTC are keeping the miniUSB connector, and not propriety) and use it an an 'emergency' pen drive is a requirement. most people have miniUSB cable now, and if not, then i'll have my car with me and have such cable present.
i actually use 'Mass Storage' it to install activesync, and then able to use activesync.
that said, another feature that i plan to use in the future is to use Mass Storage with my car; ala ipod when you connect with USB cable.
infact, having to install drivers/software to interface with the phone is a big turn off for me.

@2good4you - thanks for the link.
phone7 (in it's current form) is a complete disgrace. no teethering that'll annoy our mobile users!
time to work out if we want to be android-only, or symbian/android.

tnedator said:
What about Exchange 2003?
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It's supposed to be able to work with Exchange 2003 as well but I don't know if it does.
TBH from a business point of view, this OS isn't geared up for it at least at the moment. M$ did state sometime earlier in the year that business and power users are a secondary concern. Basically they are aiming for a different market share to begin with. This doesn't mean that they are not going to cater for our needs - just not yet.

2good4you said:
short addon to the exchange sync info:
WP7 will not allow sync of tasks! (calendar will be synced)
Even check your capabilities to deploy certificates for ssl-secured exchange connections.
I've wrote a short closeup about my business experience HERE.
Greetings Ralf
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Agreed. Assumed most knew that tasks would not sync. He was asking in general terms. It does work. Certs can always be a pain no matter what. Sometimes its butter and other times it salt.
I hope the tasks update will come.

chubnut said:
It's supposed to be able to work with Exchange 2003 as well but I don't know if it does.
TBH from a business point of view, this OS isn't geared up for it at least at the moment. M$ did state sometime earlier in the year that business and power users are a secondary concern. Basically they are aiming for a different market share to begin with. This doesn't mean that they are not going to cater for our needs - just not yet.
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reading earlier, i believe if you have exchange 2003 with sp2, it will work fine.

veehexx said:
that said, another feature that i plan to use in the future is to use Mass Storage with my car; ala ipod when you connect with USB cable.
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be careful there, I tried to use omnia 7 with my car to listen to music via usb it didn't work and when plugged back into WIN7x74 , it complained that drivers are missing, after countless hours of workaround i had to reset it and it is now fine.
i am using line connector for music now.

Multiplayer capabilities

Hello.
I have a question to developers with practical experience: what is the easiest way to add network multiplayer capabilities to the turn-based, peer to peer game. Of course I'm looking for free or cheap service; or for open source server solution what I can host on my own (paid but basic) Linux/ASP hosting.
P.S. I know how to do it yourself but trying to save my time.

Well, if you want true peer-to-peer, you wouldn't be using any kind of hosting service at all. However, since most mobile operators firewall incoming connections to phones, and since the official APIs are very short on any kind of proper server socket (you can send or receive UDP broadcast, I think?) that would limit you to a mildly crippled WiFi-only network.
Even if you just want to use a central server for matchmaking and scorekeeping and such, you'll run into the same problems as above - you could find people across a larger range than WiFi, but you couldn't actually play with them. If having everybody connected to the same WiFi network is an unacceptable limitation, I'm not sure peer-to-peer is practical.
For something robust enough to handle actual multi-player gaming, I'd suggest going with a "cloud" provider (Azure, AWS, Rackspace, whatever). That doesn't cover the actual software, of course, but hopefully somebody else knows of a good solution there.

GoodDayToDie, as for custom implementation (if I don't find any "ready to go" solution) I thought about very simple ASP .NET service with send and receive connectors (that solution works pretty fast, easy and stable with WP7, already tested) hosted on $10-20 ASP hosting (there are bunch of cheap ASP .NET hosting in the internet). Azure is too expensive and too big for that purpose (although I received some months/may be year for free because of my BizSpark account - if you have your own company and fit the BizSpark requirements, I recommend you to open BizSpark too)
As for "peer-to-peer" - sorry, it was incorrect sentence. I just mean that turn-by-turn game will have only two players per session/game Of course because of IP limitations I should use client-server architecture. But I'm trying to find any existing free/cheap solution (I believe Android and iPhone multiplayer games also needs that kind of service) to save my time for coding/debugging server side.

would this help : http://www.bestwp7games.com/exit-games-interview-helping-devs-build-cross-platform-multiplayer-games.html

Switch from WM6.5 to WM10, a big step and a lot of questions

Hi all,
I've been using a HTC HD2 running WM 6.5 since 2009. I'm still happy with it but it becomes more and more obsolete for many things (no 4G, unable to browse "modern" website, no HTML email support etc.). Now i think about purchasing a Lumia 950 for WM 10. However, there're many functions that seems lost or deeply changed since 2009. I need a new phone for professionnal use. I don't need social networks, games or entertainment things (what Android do very well by the way).
1/ I use Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 and i need to sync all my calendar and contacts with no cloud at all for privacy reasons. I have no exchange server. I'd like to do this through Bluetooth as i do it everyday with WM6.5. This seems impossible nowadays! Even between Outlook desktop and Outlook mobile. This is a hudge regression to me. I'm still stuck with my old WM 6.5 mainly because of this. I've heard of a software called Akruto but it works with a USB cable (another regression). Plus, and i can't find any feedback about this software. Is it really cloudless or not... we don't know.
2/ I need to sync many files by keeping the original tree with folders, subfolders etc, with no cloud again, between my desktop and my mobile. And i need this data being crypted in AES in case I'd lose my phone or some people try to access it. For now with my HD2, i use FreeOTFE which crypts and mounts a drive with a letter (i.e : G: ) on the desktop from a file stored in the microSD card inside the phone. After that, i can sync the files with a special software on Windows 7. This software needs a letter to be mounted for working. But again, it seems the MTP protocol has become the standard, and it's not possible to get a letter with it... Another regression.
3/ I need visual notifications when there's a miss call, a voicemail or a new mail without sound pop-up and without having to turn on the smartphone screen . The LED was very useful but i disappeared too. It was replaced by the glance thing which looks interesting. Does it work with the Lumia 950? I've read the glance doesn't exist (or doesn't work well) with AMOLED screen. By the way, can you choose what kind of notification exactly you need? To avoid draining battery for not useful things.
4/ I've been using Tomtom for GPS for 10 years now. And i'm sad to discover it doesn't exist on WM. What good alternative would you recommand? With of course point of interest customing and lansdcape mode switching automatically. Or, would you think the method to make working Androids apps on WM10 would work with a GPS software?
5/ Does Google maps exist on WM10? I don't want any alternative, but the original one for many special reasons.
Thank you very much.

Lucius Snow said:
Hi all,
I've been using a HTC HD2 running WM 6.5 since 2009. I'm still happy with it but it becomes more and more obsolete for many things (no 4G, unable to browse "modern" website, no HTML email support etc.). Now i think about purchasing a Lumia 950 for WM 10. However, there're many functions that seems lost or deeply changed since 2009. I need a new phone for professionnal use. I don't need social networks, games or entertainment things (what Android do very well by the way).
1/ I use Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 and i need to sync all my calendar and contacts with no cloud at all for privacy reasons. I have no exchange server. I'd like to do this through Bluetooth as i do it everyday with WM6.5. This seems impossible nowadays! Even between Outlook desktop and Outlook mobile. This is a hudge regression to me. I'm still stuck with my old WM 6.5 mainly because of this. I've heard of a software called Akruto but it works with a USB cable (another regression). Plus, and i can't find any feedback about this software. Is it really cloudless or not... we don't know.
2/ I need to sync many files by keeping the original tree with folders, subfolders etc, with no cloud again, between my desktop and my mobile. And i need this data being crypted in AES in case I'd lose my phone or some people try to access it. For now with my HD2, i use FreeOTFE which crypts and mounts a drive with a letter (i.e : G: ) on the desktop from a file stored in the microSD card inside the phone. After that, i can sync the files with a special software on Windows 7. This software needs a letter to be mounted for working. But again, it seems the MTP protocol has become the standard, and it's not possible to get a letter with it... Another regression.
3/ I need visual notifications when there's a miss call, a voicemail or a new mail without sound pop-up and without having to turn on the smartphone screen . The LED was very useful but i disappeared too. It was replaced by the glance thing which looks interesting. Does it work with the Lumia 950? I've read the glance doesn't exist (or doesn't work well) with AMOLED screen. By the way, can you choose what kind of notification exactly you need? To avoid draining battery for not useful things.
4/ I've been using Tomtom for GPS for 10 years now. And i'm sad to discover it doesn't exist on WM. What good alternative would you recommand? With of course point of interest customing and lansdcape mode switching automatically. Or, would you think the method to make working Androids apps on WM10 would work with a GPS software?
5/ Does Google maps exist on WM10? I don't want any alternative, but the original one for many special reasons.
Thank you very much.
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First of all , this is a huge jump you have made!
but you should just jump in a figure it all for yourself, because there isnt any mobile OS out there that can meet your requirements unless you configure it specifically.

surya467 said:
First of all , this is a huge jump you have made!
but you should just jump in a figure it all for yourself, because there isnt any mobile OS out there that can meet your requirements unless you configure it specifically.
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Yes i know i need to configure it to avoid the all-cloud forced step. That's why I'm here.

1. there doesn't seem to be any way to sync your calendar and contacts through bluetooth, and i don't think it's possible with usb either, unless using some kind of 3rd party software.
2. windows 10 has build in encryption, i haven't used it yet, so i don't know what kind of encryption it uses. but i think if you copy your files over they will get encrypted. another way might be using interop unlock, which, if i'm right about this, enables you to mount the phone as usb storage and mount it as a folder in windows, but again, i haven't tried this either, so i don't know how this works.
3. as far as i know glance does work on the 950(xl), but you can only choose 5 apps to display their unread count, in addition to showing the time and date.
4/5. there's no google maps, most google apps aren't available for windows phone/10. there is the default maps app, which uses bing maps. this app has basic navigation possibilities.

mjz2cool said:
1. there doesn't seem to be any way to sync your calendar and contacts through bluetooth, and i don't think it's possible with usb either, unless using some kind of 3rd party software.
2. windows 10 has build in encryption, i haven't used it yet, so i don't know what kind of encryption it uses. but i think if you copy your files over they will get encrypted. another way might be using interop unlock, which, if i'm right about this, enables you to mount the phone as usb storage and mount it as a folder in windows, but again, i haven't tried this either, so i don't know how this works.
3. as far as i know glance does work on the 950(xl), but you can only choose 5 apps to display their unread count, in addition to showing the time and date.
4/5. there's no google maps, most google apps aren't available for windows phone/10. there is the default maps app, which uses bing maps. this app has basic navigation possibilities.
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Thank you. The Interop unlock the USB mass storage seems good news.

Hi,
ad3) I don't own a 950 but glance should work with the 950 (I can't posts links but if you google it or look it up on windowscentral you can find instructions how to set up glance on a 950 (XL) )
ad4/5) Build in maps are OK and also allow offline navigation.

MoboPlay is a free mobile phone application.

MoboPlay is a free mobile phone application, a pc connect mobile phone software, helps you to connect your mobile phone to pc.
MoboPlay lets you sync your apps, videos and files with all your Android/iOS devices right from the desktop and with full control. Smartphone Users can simplify the task of syncing their computer and Android/iOS device with the MoboPlay application. MoboPlay is a free mobile phone application, it allows Windows PC based users to seamlessly control and sync their Android/iOS mobile device without any hassle. The application is available absolutely free of cost and can be installed on any Windows operating system for controlling and syncing data between the computer and an Android/iOS device.
MoboPlay allows users to sync music, videos and images between the device and the computer. iTunes does not allow any device other than Apple to connect and sync data between them. But with MoboPlay this is also possible. One of the most useful features of MoboPlay is its ability to install applications on the device which it sources from free application stores. Once the application is downloaded on the computer it stays there, something like iTunes, and it can be installed on devices over and over without the need to download it again.
-- PC-based smart phone management tool
-- TOTALLY FREE!
-- Manage your phone via your PC
-- MASSIVE apps and other resourses
-- Local HIGHSPEED download server
-- Specially defined for INDIANS
-- Andorid/iOS both SUPPORTED
Windows PC based users to seamlessly control and sync their Android/iOS mobile device.
website: moboplay.com
download: download.moboplay.com/packages/MobileAssistant/moboplay/pcexe/officialsite/moboplay.exe

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Duplicate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hd2...boplay-free-mobile-phone-application-t3376227