Jornada 690 very slow

my Jornada 690 has become very slow for 1-2 days. it takes forever for the desktop to appear. the hourglass is spinning to death. the start menu reacts very slowly. it persists even after a soft reset. does anyone know the problem?

I have not really many programs installed or documents. It is almost virgin but I'm wondering what happened.
On a PC I woul check all running tasks. But a soft reset always helped. Not yet on my Jornada.

Are you loading programs from a compact flash or the internal memory? If from internal memory, you might want to adjust how much memory is allocated for data storage and for RAM.

Edited by stingraze 2023-02-14 12:43 AM

Maybe try a backup and hard reset just as a test?

I'm just loading from internal mem and I played around with the memory slider but it hasn't improved.
Mh...
A hard reset is coming closer

When you test your programs, are you installing the runtime each time?
If so, don't do that, always click skip (+use the HPC:Factor Redist here https://www.hpcfactor.com/downloads/78/Visual_Basic_CE_Runtime_Full_... )
or just use the raw .vb file to test.
Because if you remove those programs without hard resetting, there's a possibility it can delete the runtime files sometimes, thus borking up the system
I find installing the VB runtime over and over can cause the situation you describe.

Just something to consider..

Ok.
Well, no. I skip the runtime installation everytime.
But you're right. The more I test the vb programs the slower the whole system gets. Maybe I have to hard reset.

When you test your programs, are you using the cab installer (+skip runtime install) or using the raw .vb files ?

Sometimes I use the CAB when I want the program on my device. With skipping.
Small tests I use only the .vb

When I test my StarTrek game, it is very very slow. Dont know if it's the game itself or the device.

I highly recommend for future just trying .vb file especially since you’re doing a lot of testing.
If you can’t help it, then I’d do a backup, install the cab, test it, then hard reset plus restore backup.
fyi if you ever need , you can use this to extract the cab
https://www.hpcfactor.com/scl/2052/Unknown_or_not_specified/MSCEInf/...
It should also be on way back machine too

Edited by torch 2023-02-14 5:35 AM