Windows CE 3.0 Device Turns on at Midnight Automatically

Pocket PC devices may turn themselves on automatically at 12:00 A.M. (midnight).

Pocket PC devices that are running Windows CE 3.0 turn on at midnight to search for appointments for the coming day. Reminders are set and the Today view is updated with the day's events.

The device then turns off according to the configured power settings (which you can modify). The default setting is to turn the device off after three minutes of inactivity.

If a program such as Microsoft Windows Media Player for Pocket PC were running when the device is turned off, Windows Media Player would resume playing when the device turns on at midnight. In this case, the device would not turn off because there is activity. You should stop Windows Media Player before turning the Pocket PC off.