diff --git a/src/msw/dc.cpp b/src/msw/dc.cpp
index 62d88bf832..105d5b75d3 100644
--- a/src/msw/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dc.cpp
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ void wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion()
 
     if (m_clipping && m_hDC)
     {
+#if 1
+        // On a PocketPC device (not necessarily emulator), resetting
+        // the clip region as per the old method causes bad display
+        // problems. In fact setting a null region is probably OK
+        // on desktop WIN32 also, since the WIN32 docs imply that the user
+        // clipping region is independent from the paint clipping region.
+        ::SelectClipRgn(GetHdc(), 0);
+#else        
         // TODO: this should restore the previous clipping region,
         //       so that OnPaint processing works correctly, and the update
         //       clipping region doesn't get destroyed after the first
@@ -490,6 +498,7 @@ void wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion()
         HRGN rgn = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 32000, 32000);
         ::SelectClipRgn(GetHdc(), rgn);
         ::DeleteObject(rgn);
+#endif        
     }
 
     wxDCBase::DestroyClippingRegion();