Microsoft KB Archive/189097

= WinCE 2.0: Terminal Connection Settings Spontaneously Change =

Article ID: 189097

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 2.11 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 2.12 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 3.01 for the Handheld PC
 * Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 for the Handheld PC Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q189097



SYMPTOMS
When you use Terminal in Windows CE 2.0, the Data Bits, Parity, and Stop Bits settings for your Terminal session may spontaneously change.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you configure your Terminal session to use settings that are different from the following default settings:


 * Data Bits: 8
 * Parity: None
 * Stop Bits: 1



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, change the Data Bits, Parity, and Stop Bits settings in your Terminal session to the default values. To do so, follow these steps:


 * 1) Tap Start, point to Programs, point to Communication, and then tap Terminal.
 * 2) Tap the icon for the connection you want to use.
 * 3) On the File menu, tap Properties.
 * 4) Tap Configure.
 * 5) On the Port Settings tab, in the Data Bits box, tap 8.
 * 6) In the Parity box, tap None.
 * 7) In the Stop Bits box, tap 1.
 * 8) Tap OK, and then tap OK again.
 * 9) Quit Terminal.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows CE 2.0.



MORE INFORMATION
If you configure the Terminal session to use the following settings,


 * Data Bits: 7
 * Parity: Even
 * Stop Bits: 1

and then save the Terminal session, when you open the session again the configuration for the Terminal session changes to the following settings:


 * Data Bits: 7
 * Parity: None
 * Stop Bits: 2

If you close the session and then open it again, the settings change to different values. This behavior continues until you configure the Terminal session to use the following settings:


 * Data Bits: 8
 * Parity: None
 * Stop Bits: 1

Additional query words: wince handheld hpc h/pc p/pc 2.00

Keywords: kbprb KB189097

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