Button Pushing Machine?

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This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our ability
to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I would
like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I don't
think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
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Your company apparently enforces the screensaver wait time interval
via Group Policy. You'll need to discuss your issue with your
IT department.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
| pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our ability
| to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I would
| like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I don't
| think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
 
This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our ability
to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I would
like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I don't
think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
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Supposedly, by placing the mouse point over the "task bar"/"Start button",
this would delay the "screen saver." However, please note that this will/may
run against the company policy, since they have "turned off" the changing the
screen saver intervals for a reason!
 
Have you submitted a personnel action form requesting an assistant to
perform this function?
 
MaskedTechSupporter said:
This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our
ability to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I
would like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I
don't think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
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A program like stay connected can make mouse movements. If that's all it
takes to stop the screensaver from kicking in.
http://www.inklineglobal.com/products/sc/index.html
 
bud said:
A program like stay connected can make mouse movements. If that's all it
takes to stop the screensaver from kicking in.
http://www.inklineglobal.com/products/sc/index.html
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Thanks, but I don't want to put non-work programs on my work computer. But
that's good to know.

As for all the company policy emails, what the heck? It's not your
company. Perhaps, I should go through channels, but that kind of response
seems rather Orwellian to me. Except for Bud, you guys scare me. I doubt
I will post here again.
 
MaskedTechSupporter said:
This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our
ability to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I
would like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I
don't think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
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Although not commonly known, you can override policy settings enforced when
logging on a domain. I will only hint that you will need to change registry
settings after logging in (where the policy settings are copied) and you can
create files to do that. However, you should first check with your IT dept
or whomever is defining the group policies as violating them could lead to
poor reviews, punishment, or even termination. Ask first. Even if they
won't change the policies that get pushed to your host, ask them if you are
allowed to change them after login; if they say okay then figure out the
registry keys to change.
 
MaskedTechSupporter said:
This is going to sound really silly, but is there such a thing as a button
pushing machine or mouse moving machine.. My work has disabled our
ability to over-ride the screen saver interval and, for several reasons, I
would like it to NOT go to screen saver when I am at lunch or dinner. I
don't think Homer Simpson's drinking bird will work. hehe Any thoughts?
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You are seeking help in order to slack off at work and not get caught?
You are asking help to violate a policy in place at your place of
employment?

It's not wonder this country is going to sh*t.
 
NoNoBadDog! said:
You are seeking help in order to slack off at work and not get caught?
You are asking help to violate a policy in place at your place of
employment?

It's not wonder this country is going to sh*t.
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LOL! Yeah, my not wanting to waste time having to log back on from lunch
and dinner, while working from home is a big problem, while Ken Lay's
behavior is probably perfectly fine with you. Priorities man, priorities!

Anyway, I found a simple trick to stop the screen saver from kicking in.

Cheers.
 
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