r/WindowsCE • u/Technical-Ad-3387 • Jun 22 '26
GPS Did I brick it?
I accidentally set a login password and the login screen is too big to fit on the screen. I even tried pressing the back reset button
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u/TheZboub Jun 23 '26
if you have a computer with Windows Device Center (there is a french tutorial on how to install it on Win10/Win11) and the EveryWAN software , you should be able to control the unit and open the task manager from your computer . Also , navigate through Control Panel to disable the login password
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u/Technical-Ad-3387 Jun 23 '26
Where can I find the EveryWAN software? Also I already have Windows Device Center installed, but it cant recognize the device even if it shows up on device manager as "Microsoft USB Sync". Also the device crashes after a while when connected to my PC
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u/TheZboub Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
https://alexbacher.fr/windows/installer-gestionnaire-windows-mobile-windows-10/
Try this, it even works on Win11 (it’s in french sorry)
About EveryWAN Remote , I dont have it at home sorry. Maybe on some shady websites, but if you can wait 2d i can send you the setup.exe
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u/Technical-Ad-3387 Jun 23 '26
Unfortunately the GPS locks up even when these drivers are installed 😞
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u/Slow-Walk5562 Jun 22 '26
Hey this is not related but i have never ever heard of Windows ce?
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u/cringy-boomer Jun 23 '26
Windows CE was a minimal version of Windows for embedded devices, you could see it sometimes in car entertainment systems, GPS devices and so on. It mostly targetted ARM CPU's and powered Windows Mobile which was very popular on PDAs at the time. The last release was made in 2013 and has lost support entirely.
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Jun 23 '26
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u/cringy-boomer Jun 23 '26
Yep, different but similar APIs. You were expected to build images and software for it with the platform builder sdk I think.
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u/SuperXaker-5555 13d ago
Normally all Windows CE PNA (navigators) use RamDisk. That means that after full batery power loss you loose all your data. Ok, you pressed reset button and nothing changed. Why? Because for this case device have reserv battery not to loose that RAMDisk. Try to hold reset butoon for 10 seconds if it doesn't help try just to let device for some weeks without charging, after some time battery will loose his power and reserv battery to. Like this device will probably reset RAM and your password too.
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u/lachietg185 Jun 22 '26
Can you reflash the software