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Got it. Makes perfect sense.

Still dealing with the IDTransfer issue. The error code seems to point to this entry.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETCompactFramework\Installer\Assemblies\Global]
"Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"=hex(7):5c,\
  00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,47,00,41,00,43,00,5f,00,4d,\
  00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,2e,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,\
  00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,4d,00,6f,00,62,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,2e,00,53,00,74,00,61,\
  00,74,00,75,00,73,00,5f,00,76,00,31,00,5f,00,30,00,5f,00,30,00,5f,00,30,00,5f,\
  00,63,00,6e,00,65,00,75,00,74,00,72,00,61,00,6c,00,5f,00,31,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,\
  00,6c,00,00,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,2e,00,57,\
  00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,4d,00,6f,00,62,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,2e,\
  00,53,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,75,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00,00,00

One strange thing is that the registry entry for the OEM for both CF1 and CF2 has this entry.

"Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"=multi_sz:"\\Windows\\GAC_Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status_v1_0_0_0_cneutral_1.dll",
  "Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.dll"

EDIT: Nevermind, That is just the hex coding of the same string. I should have know that right away.