Re: Disable Cert Check under WM5

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

The password has an association with the "Secure" registry state. If that
value is changed, the password won't work (it's a security feature). Walk
through the wizard again and renter your password.


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"Mike Gower" <gower.mike@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ogb2NLW$FHA.272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Haha! Just missed the previous post by Carl Wolz ... Looks like that's
> it! Only thing is that I had to add "Secure" to the GUID!!! Looks like
> I'm getting to the server now, just keep getting prompted for my
> username/password. Weird.
>
>
> Sorry, I didn't see this. I just posted how to do this.
>
> Recap.
> FYI: Certchk.exe won't work on WindowsMobile 5.0. The layout of the
> registry
> has changed. In the devices registry
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Partners\{GUID}] set
> "Secure" to 0. There may be more than one GUID under partners, so look at
> the "Server" to see where it is syncing.
>
> This only bypasses the validation of the certificate on the device. You
> will
> still need a cert if you are syncing SSL
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> Carl Wolz [MSFT]
> This Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
>
> "Mike Gower" <gower.mike@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eOLGT%23V$FHA.3992@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Lots of people talking about this in other areas...
>>
>> Just upgraded from a 6600 PocketPC 2003 device to a 6700 WM5 device. I
>> had Exchange ActiveSync working great under 2003 (only diff was that I
>> had an internal CA so I ended up using the certchk utility to turn off
>> cert checking.)
>>
>> Well, the tool doesn't work under WM5. Does anyone know of where the
>> registry change is located under the WM5 device (or the 2003 device for
>> that matter as it may give some clues).
>>
>> Any other thoughts as to how I'd disable cert checking?
>>
>
>


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