Can't help you with your texting link, but the settings issue has been asked and answered. Trouble is, the answer was found way back when WinMo 6.0 was the stock ROM. Then came the early leaks of 6.1 and the programs and settings links were no longer there! But TMZ was good enough to zip up those files, making them available for you to try. Just maybe, by putting <htcSettings> from 6.0 into your \Windows\ folder, you'd have your link? (Try at your own risk.) Here's TMZ's post:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...634#post332634