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this will be hard!

okay, I want to use the wifi capabilities of my exec at college...
buuuut
I need to be able to login to my college account to get on the internet, but there is no program which can bring up this log-in box... has anyone found a way of doing this?
or a program which brings up a login box when one is needed?...
thanks

RoHaM said:
okay, I want to use the wifi capabilities of my exec at college...
buuuut
I need to be able to login to my college account to get on the internet, but there is no program which can bring up this log-in box... has anyone found a way of doing this?
or a program which brings up a login box when one is needed?...
thanks
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i think you kinda need to describe how you would log in from a desktop pc for people to understand your problem as some just require a WEP/WPA key and off you go

kkayyyzz...
when connecting to the internet on a laptop, a log-in box pops up, for u to write in your username and password from the college,
i would write somethin like MidKent/roham n then input a password on a laptop.. but no pass box to pop up on a pda?..

Have you tried opera mini yet as a browser? Works for me out here.
You can get it here
mini.opera.com
Version 4 works fine on the Universal.

He might be talking about a domain login. How you login depends on certain variables and we need slighly more details.
I would download HTC Network program and start from there. WM6.1 Allows Domain logins as well.

How to open Excel password protected file?

Hello
When i try to open Excel password protected file nothing happening. Do you have information how i can make it ?

kmeta said:
Hello
When i try to open Excel password protected file nothing happening. Do you have information how i can make it ?
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Hi,
I believe that you cannot do this on the standard Mobile Office product that comes with the HD2. Documents to Go says that it does this (at a cost). The web site is at:
http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/winmobile/dxtgwms_comparison.html
An internet search (or perhaps even a search of this site) might uncover other apps for you.
I guess it depends on if you are creating the original password protected file on your computer or not (encrypted memory card with password authetication on your device may mean that you don't feel you need to store password protected files on your device - Office password protection is not diffucult to crack anyway).
Regards.

Unlock Code Changed (BSB Tweaks Prob)

Okay, my HD2 yesterday forgot my unlock passcode, I have not installed any version of sype, and running 1.66 WWE stock Rom. My Exchange Server security policies forces a passcode.
What i have found (tested) is that an option in BsB Tweaks is causing the problem.
The option that is causing this (or at least for me) is 'Owner Information - show or hide owner in settings'
When enabled, with the show notes, your Owner information and notes are displayed when you wake the phone (before slide to unlock) I wanted this option because it gives you a slightly better chance of recovering your phone if it gets lost.
It works well initially, then for some reason it fails to show, restart the phone and BANG, your passcode wont work!! I have experimented this and it happens every time.
Thought I'd let you all know my findings, and hopefully this bug can be ironed out.
regards
Paul

I've tested it some more today, and I'm pretty sure that it is the Owner info. Going to leave it off now, but would definitely want this feature fixed As i said before it does give me a slightly better chance in getting it back if it gets lost!

Have you tried using the Recovery Password from the Outlook Web Access for your exchange server?

It's not the Exchange password that gets forgotten, it the unlock code for the phone!!! You just cant unlock the phone, hard re-set is the only option!!
Its a know problem for some people that install sype! Same thing your passcode just will not work

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My Exchange Server security policies forces a passcode.
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Microsoft said:
You can use the EMC, the Shell, or Microsoft Office Outlook Web App to recover a device password.
You can require a device password through Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync policies. A user can configure a device password even if your Exchange ActiveSync policies don't require one. If users forget their password, you can obtain a recovery password using the EMC or the Shell. The recovery password unlocks the device and lets the user create a new password. Users can also recover their device passwords by using Outlook Web App.
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Is what I think you are looking for.

Can't get past password

Hello, I'm XDA News Writer mustangtim49 and I made the horrible mistake of installing windows8 on my little emachines mini lappie. I lost my normal home wifi and now I can't access my computer, every time I input my password, my computer says "your computer is offline, try the last password entered on this computer" I'm ready to throw it away, but do to a bad break up, this is all I have and it's really affecting my ability to do my job here at XDA. Thank you for reading this and any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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You can reset the admin password using various available tools. I haven't tried it with Win8, but below are instructions for Win7. It shouldn't be different. Worse comes to worst, just reformat it and re-install, since it's a new install anyway.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/reset-password-windows-7.htm
For more resources (beware of spam): http://google.com/search?q="windows+7"+password+reset
There were also some reports from the CP version of password length needing to be between 8-16 chars, else an "incorrect password" error occurs.
http://www.technize.net/windows-8-maximum-password-length-limitations/

It's not a new install, I've been running it since it became available. Also, I read the links you provided, thank you, they require a disc to be burned, my mini has no disc drive.
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Let me get this straight... is it your windows password or your home wifi password you can't get to work. You said you lost your home wifi. That has nothing to do with your windows password except it trys to check the microsoft account 1st then it uses the local. If there is something wrong with the local, take it somewhere that has free internet like dunkin donuts does in states and try logging in. Then switch to a local account.

I am tethering my phone as wifi and I still can't get past the password. It's the stupid w8 password screen when you first start the computer. Is says offline after I put in my password and will not let me in.
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Being offline has nothing to do with the Win8 local password to login. I've been working with Win8 R&D for the past year and have yet to see an error like that.
Is it the WiFi password that is not being accepted?

Colphonix. I agree. Seems like the WiFi password.
Sent from my PI39100 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Also, if you switched to a Microsoft account to login, the password for that account is the one you need to login, not the one you created for the local account.
I hope that helps
-cp

[Q] Secure way to store sensitive information

Hi,
does anyone knows what is the most secure way to store sensitive information in application? Because using internal storage and shared preferences is vulnerable if person who want that information have a rooted phone.
Case is that I have some kind of activation code which needs to be stored somewhere inside the phone (not on server) for further communication and authentication with server side, that code needs to be secured and not available to other apps and users, even on a rooted phone. Also, user can not be bothered with additional verification (he enters the PIN code when he enters the application and send that code to the server side for authentication) .
Bottom line, is there a secure way to store something and to be secure that it will remain hidden, even on a rooted phone?

To be honest, i'm not sure it is completely possible to hide it from rooted users. The only thing I could think was to use a hardware ID and base64 encrypt your activation code while salting it with a hardware ID. Then have your app decrypt and send the activation code to the server when it needs it. It will still be able to be found but the code will be encrypted and someone would need to know what the salt is to be able to decrypt it which would take decompiling your app.