How to simulate mouse movements to prevent screen saver activation?

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Sabine Elsner

In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.

After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password. This is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?

Sabine
 
Sabine Elsner said:
In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver
activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.

After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password.
This is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it
is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements
by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?

Sabine
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After the screen saver cuts in, you don't have to re-logon. You only
need to enter your password, which is very quick.

While it may be possible to run a program that simulates user activity,
it's probably not a good idea to install it. Presumably the security policy
in your company was formulated with the agreement of top management.
By trying to get around it, you would be defying that policy. It would
be much better to discuss the matter with your manager and request
that the policy be reviewed because it presumably affects your productivity.
 
In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaveractivation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.

After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password. This is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?

Sabine
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I read somewhaere that if the mouse cursor is place on the Startbar /
Start button, the screen saver would not start. I never did find this
"note" ever again thourgh
 
In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.

After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password. This is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?
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Even if it is, you'd need admin privileges to install/run it.
 
Sabine said:
In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.

After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password. This is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?

Sabine
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Only if the Admin has given you software installation rights.
You can always tie the mouse to one of those small windup toys and have
it roam around the desk ... The sushi ones are cute.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Sabine said:
In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.
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Windows Media Player (WMP11 in my case) has an option "Allow Screensaver
during playback" which you can deselect. Then you play any old video,
and press pause.

It seems to me that my WMP11 prevents the screensaver even when what it
is playing back is just music. It sometimes seems to prevent it when it
is totally idle.
 
That's quite a bit of time for a computer to remain idle. In secure
environments, the time is often set to 1 minute.



Then all you need to is stay busy, and you'll never see the screen saver.


Exactly as it should be.

If you network administrator is so conscientious as to have set the
screen-saver time period by group policy, do you really think he/she'd
have been so careless as to have given you sufficient privileges with
which to install such malware on your workstation?





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In our office the admins tend to be crazy. They configured the ScreenSaver activation
after 8 (!) minutes of no mouse movement.
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I wanna bet it activates if you don't use the keyboard either. Unless your
job involves reading a lot or watching a lot video on your computer, then
you should never even reach anything close to 8 minutes of idle time while
in front of the computer... if you have to get up a lot and happen to get
back to your computer just when the screen saver kicks in, that's a
different matter.
After screen saver activation I have to re-logon and re-type my password. This is very inconvenient.
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Imagine how inconvenient it'd be if anyone could walk up to your computer
and mess around with your files while you were away from it. The whole
point in the auto-logout is to prevent that. It depends on what your job
is, and what business you're in, how relevant this is to begin with.
Unfortunately I cannot change the screen saver activation time because it is managed central by the server
and not adjustable on my workstation.

So I am thinking about writing a program which simulates mouse movements by a pixel each minute.

Is this possible somehow?
Click to expand...

If you can't change the screen saver timer, you more than likely won't be
able to install anything on your computer to do what you want to begin
with.


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Rene Brehmer
IT Technician

North Hill Inn
http://www.northhillinn.com
 
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