Step 1: uninstall other scanning software – Socket Mobile Secure Digital Scan Card Series 3 User Manual

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STEP 1: Uninstall Other Scanning Software

Delete any bar code scanning software already in your Pocket
PC, including previous versions of SocketScan. You can
uninstall either directly from your Pocket PC, or indirectly via
ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center.

Note: The pre-installed SocketScan software on the Socket
Mobile SoMo 650 cannot be removed, but it can be upgraded.

OPTION 1: Uninstall Directly from the Pocket PC

1. Make sure the bar code scanning software is closed, and

remove the SDSC from your Pocket PC.

2. Tap Start | Settings. Tap on the System tab or Control

Panel.

3. Tap on the Remove Programs icon.

4. Select the bar code scanning software, then tap Remove.

5. Tap Yes to confirm removal of the program.

6. Soft reset the Pocket PC by pressing the reset button.

OPTION 2: Uninstall with ActiveSync

1. Make sure the bar code scanning software is closed, and

remove the SDSC from your Pocket PC.

2. Use ActiveSync and a serial/USB cable or cradle to make an

active connection between your Pocket PC and a host PC.

3. On the host PC, open Microsoft ActiveSync.

4. Click Tools | Add/Remove Programs.

5. Select the bar code scanning software and click Remove.

6. In the confirmation screen, click OK.

7. The next dialog will ask if you want to remove the

software from your host PC as well.

• Click NO to keep a copy of the software on the host PC

that can later be re-installed onto a Pocket PC.

• Click YES to remove the software from the host PC.

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