My "Power" issue: Per as77's suggestion, I disconnected the USB cable to my Axim cradle, but kept the external power going to it, and it did turn off after 3 minutes.
Question: With my Axim in it's cradle and connected to my PC via the USB cable, and there are no changes in PIM data on my Axim or Outlook, what would keep my Axim "busy" that would prevent it from turning itself off after 3 minutes??
My "Reminder" problem: chrisjelley - thanks for link that lead me to ATA's possible fix for the WM2003 reminder problem
here
Unfortunately, the ATA fix did not work for me.
I downloaded the FixAlarm.exe file, copied to my Ax, put in in Launcher so it is easily acessible from my today screen,and it did find 6 problems after I 1st ran it on my Ax.
I created a test reminder, turned off my Ax, the audio came on, but no screen reminder
I then did a soft reset, went to FixAlarm, it found 3 issues this time, did another test reminder, but again, played audible alarm and no on-screen reminder.
Per Atechware's website, the FixAlarm (provided free to PPC community, so thanks) needs to be started each time you turn on your PDA to fix the issues.
But if the problem is when the PDA is off, how do you get the FixAlarm to work?
They have a AutoFixAlarm for $5 that will run each time you turn on your PDA (a convenience of turning FixAlarm on for you rather than you manually running the .exe file), and I will purchase it if it fixes my problem, but I would like to see the free version work before I upgrade.
I am going to email atechware and ask for further suggestions.
Will advise.