[schettj]

so... feedback point - still running with the gps service off, gps in standalone mode via the registry setting... result:

Battery life - still @ 75% after 13 hours with 3-4 gps sessions during the day (no issues with gps refusing to get a lock so far - worst case is about 1 minute to get a lock if I drive 15 miles with it off) and several short phone calls, and the usual imap 2x/1hour checks & normal usage. That's maybe 5% lower then the old "no gps at all" battery life with similar usage.

I'm thinking I've found my combo of magic settings that work. Still would very much love to have a small app that, when run, just waited for a lock or max 2 minutes, and if it got a lock dumped the current lat/long/alt/heading/speed into registry keys somewhere. That would be uberspiffy.