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How to Enable your Windows Pocket PC to Display
on-screen Caps-Lock and Alternate Symbol Indicators

If you have a mobile device with a QUERTY keyboard, there's no light to indicate if the you're about to type the main or alternate symbol assigned to a key or if Caps-Lock is enabled when typing letters.
Fortunately it just requires a simple registry edit to enable on-screen indicators for these.
(Yes, just like regular Desktop Windows, Windows Mobile also has a registry to hold configuration information .)
Unfortunately Windows Mobile doesn't come with a registry editing program like Regedit in regular Windows.
Fortunately there's a free Windows Mobile registry editor you can download.
Unfortunately - no, there's no unfortunately, let's get on with it!

The process is in 3 stages:-

1 -

Download the Registry Editor

There's a suitable free registry editor called Mobile Registry Editor that you can download from here.
Download the ZIP file to a PC on which you've setup an ActiveSync relationship with your mobile device.
Save the file to somewhere you'll find it easily, the Desktop is a good place.

2 -

Edit the Registry

Extract the 2 files form the downloaded ZIP file.
Connect your Mobile Device to the PC in the normal way and wait until ActiveSync starts and the connection is confirmed.
Run the file MobileRegistryEditor.exe on your PC which will edit the mobile device's registry through the ActiveSync connection.
Navigate to the registry location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Keyb
Right-click on a blank part of the right-hand window and choose:-
New - DWORD Value

Enter the Value Name and Value Data as shown below:-

3 -

Save the Settings and Perform a Soft Reset

Quit the registry editor on the PC.
Wait 30 seconds.
Remove the mobile device from it's ActiveSync cradle or USB lead and power it.
Wait 30 seconds.
Perform a soft reset.
(This is usually done by using the stylus to press a tiny button on the side on the device.)

Now, when you have a program open that requires input, such as Word Mobile you'll see an indicator at the bottom of the screen.

A "C" means Cap-lock:-

Caps-Lock indicator showing on SmartPhone's screen

and a solid circle means Alternate Symbol:-

Alternative Symbol indicator showing on SmartPhone's screen

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