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4/14/2010

You can override the automatic suspend that occurs when no user input has occurred for a period of time. To prevent automatic power down, call the SystemIdleTimerResetfunction more frequently than the minimum suspend timeout values.

On Windows Mobile Classic and Windows Mobile Professional, the minimum timeout value can be retrieved from the registry. For more information, see SystemIdleTimerReset.

For Windows Mobile Standard, the minimum timeout values can be retrieved from the metabase by using the following xml:

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<wap-provisioningdoc>
	<characteristic type="DeviceInformation">
			<parm-query name="[name]"/>
	</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

Where "[name]" is either "BacklightBatteryTimeout" or "BacklightACTimeout"

To conserve resources, only call SystemIdleTimerResetas often as absolutely necessary. Calling SystemIdleTimerResettoo often will reduce battery life due to excessive CPU use.

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