Need a "keep alive" to prevent screen saver from starting

[tron9901]

My Windows 2000 Professional workstation has a group policy that
enables the the Windows login screen saver. The workstation will switch
to a locked status if no keystrokes or mouse movements are detected for
10 minutes.

Is there a script, utility, etc. that I can run that will prevent the
screen saver from starting? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[Dave]

you might try occasionally doing some work.

 

[Danny Sanders]

Does it need to run in order to comply with federal regulations?
What would the repercussions be if the domain Admin found this on your
computer?


Hate to see someone loose their job over a screen saver.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[Rick]

My Windows 2000 Professional workstation has a group policy that
enables the the Windows login screen saver. The workstation will switch
to a locked status if no keystrokes or mouse movements are detected for
10 minutes.

Is there a script, utility, etc. that I can run that will prevent the
screen saver from starting? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I use a small (free) third-party utility called SS.EXE. Search Google
for it.

But also heed the prior responses. The best/safest way is to contact
your system administrator and explain the issue you're having.

 

[Rick]

I use a small (free) third-party utility called SS.EXE. Search Google
for it.

But also heed the prior responses. The best/safest way is to contact
your system administrator and explain the issue you're having.

Just a follow-up.. There appear to be other, less desirable
utilities which are also called SS.EXE (trojans, spyware etc).
Here's one you might be more interested in, if you can't find
the correct SS.EXE:
http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

See the utility's AUTOBLANK option which disables or
enables your screensaver (0=disable, 1=enable).

 

[seabat]

Why not just have the system administrator turn off the darn screen
saver and be done with it. Is there some company by-law that states
that you have to run a screen saver?

 

[Geoff Cashman]

you might try occasionally doing some work.

Maybe he has a job that doesn't require operating his computer nonstop?

Good grief.

-Geoff

 

[Malcolm Reeves]

Is there a script, utility, etc. that I can run that will prevent the
screen saver from starting? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Does pressing the windows key work? This brings up the start menu and
used to be a way of stopping the screen saver from starting in windows
AFAIR.


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[mike555]

============= "Caffeine"
Prevent your PC from activating a screen saver or locking
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/ =======

 

[John Hood]

Why not just have the system administrator turn off the darn screen
saver and be done with it. Is there some company by-law that states
that you have to run a screen saver?

He said it was a system policy. I imagine it is org - wide. We have
the same thing. I wrote and compiled an AutoHotkey script that does
this. I turn it on and off when I need it. I suppose it could be done
in Autoit too. It presses the numlock key twice every five minutes.

Loop:
Send, {NUMLOCK 2}
sleep, 300000
goto, loop

That easy.

John Hood
Web Site www.jhoodsoft.org
"The best home and business free software, no ads, no time limits, no
fluff."
"No kidding."

 

[Jay Somerset]

There is a little utility called Caffeine that will do this very neatly for
you. It sits in the system tray, and you can enable/disable it with two
mouse-clicks.

You can download it from a variety of soureces -- search for "caffeine.exe"
on Google, or Yahoo.

 

[Todd H.]

Anyone else thinking about hte Simpsons episode where Homer got to
work at home? To make it look like he was working, he put one of
those glass birds than dipped its head and came back up at his
keyboard, and the scene pans to him sleeping in his office chair and
drooling.

Wonder where you can get one of those birds...

 

[Andy]

Anyone else thinking about hte Simpsons episode where Homer got to
work at home? To make it look like he was working, he put one of
those glass birds than dipped its head and came back up at his
keyboard, and the scene pans to him sleeping in his office chair and
drooling.

Wonder where you can get one of those birds...

Google drinking bird, drinking birds, bird drinking happy, drinking
happy bird, dippy bird, thirsty bird, drinking bird toy, bird drinking
thermodynamic, the drinking bird

 

[tron9901]

Jay, Caffeine works like a champ! Just what I was looking for.

- It doesn't require changing the registry, policies, or anything else
on my workstation.

- It doesn't require installing any program, scripting language, etc.
on my workstation. It's a standalone application that I can launch
simply by double-clicking it.

- It sits in the system tray and therefore doesn't have to be a
minimized application on my taskbar.

- I can easily toggle back and forth between enabling/disabling it.

- The keypress that it simulates, Shift, is probably the least
intrusive.

- It's Freeware. (Free is always good.)

Of all the solutions offered (and thanks to everyone who did so) yours
was the best. Thanks!

There is a little utility called Caffeine that will do this very neatly for
you. It sits in the system tray, and you can enable/disable it with two
mouse-clicks.

You can download it from a variety of soureces -- search for "caffeine.exe"
on Google, or Yahoo.

 

[Howard Schwartz]

I would add, a little program called, ``wizmo'' by steve Gibson -- a
command line program that will simply turn the screen saver/blanker on
or off, as well as a number of other screen related functions. You need
no keep alive if the screen saver is off. Just start it up again, with
wizmo, after you finish your long download or whatever.

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