Pocket PC Thoughts: Goodbye Annoying Password Time-Out Problem!

XDA-Developers forum member Mutant posted back in June a registry tweak that, at the time, no one really commented on over on that board. The tweak was to change the following registry key:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Security\LASSD\AE\{50C13377-C66D-400C-889E-C316FC4AB374}

- The value called AEFrequencyType will be 1. Change it to 2.
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Being the diligent editor I am, I changed it and amazingly, my screen didn't time-out back to the password screen while on external power. Turning the device off and back on again after the time-out produced the desired effects (it prompted me for a password), but the tyranny of always prompting for a password was gone!

One caveat that I discovered is the following: If you open the "Lock" applet in Control Panel to adjust anything (i.e. set a new password, change the time-out), the device will change that 2 back to a 1, making it necessary to change it back one again. This can be annoying, but not nearly as annoying as having to key the password in while driving. It should also be noted that if you have an administrator that has set password policies on your device, you're out of luck - the next time they update your 2 will be overwritten by a 1.

So now my life is a bit easier than it was, anyone else been plagued by this or was I suffering in isolation?