Screen Saver Timeout really irritating
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Now that I am working at home all the time, why do I have a screen saver lock on my work PC. Is my cat going to compromise the systems ? I saw where someone had put a mouse in a box with a motor to keep the screen saver from engaging -- seems too hard. I also saw an app for the iPhone called Mouse Mover. Does anyone know if this works ? I can't plug an iPhone into a work computer, but Keyboards and Mice are OK.
If you have power point installed, an empty presentation should do the trick.
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If you have power point installed, an empty presentation should do the trick.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I think You-Tube turns disables screen saver too. Does that work if you pause the playback, too?
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I don't know... I use the ppt at work and is good for me. Empty document in desktop, double click, F5, Win+D, start normal work.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Now that I am working at home all the time, why do I have a screen saver lock on my work PC. Is my cat going to compromise the systems ? I saw where someone had put a mouse in a box with a motor to keep the screen saver from engaging -- seems too hard. I also saw an app for the iPhone called Mouse Mover. Does anyone know if this works ? I can't plug an iPhone into a work computer, but Keyboards and Mice are OK.
We had a group policy set on our pc as well but they have relaxed that rule since everyone working from home. To get round the group policy when we were in the office years ago I wrote my own app that run on a timer few minutes to do something. Worked well on the old windows version but not very well on Win10 and I have not bothered to investigate further. A small technical challenge for you...
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There are also USB Mouse Jiggler - Mouse Mover Prevents Screen-Saver: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics[^] - that's an expensive one, you can pay half that or less on FleaBay.
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May not be possible on a work PC.
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Well, I have no experience in this area, but i know Dilbert and his colleagues have experienced this: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2005-08-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="0"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="1000000000"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\scrnsave.scr" -
May not be possible on a work PC.
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"Should not". There's a risc on leaving your desk there, which don't exist at home. I know, I once installed an app that opens the CD-tray when given the command over TCP, and it drove a collegue insane. Whenever he was busy, concentrated, the CD-tray would open without warning. A co-worker with more malicious intent might have installed a keylogger. So, it's a good thing there are those limitations on the screensaver.
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Well, I have no experience in this area, but i know Dilbert and his colleagues have experienced this: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2005-08-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="0"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="1000000000"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\scrnsave.scr"If you circumvent the limitations set by the sysadmin, you could be held liable for any damages. Not worth the risc; you get paid to enter your password.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If you circumvent the limitations set by the sysadmin, you could be held liable for any damages. Not worth the risc; you get paid to enter your password.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If you circumvent the limitations set by the sysadmin, you could be held liable for any damages. Not worth the risc; you get paid to enter your password.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If you have power point installed, an empty presentation should do the trick.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I don't know... I use the ppt at work and is good for me. Empty document in desktop, double click, F5, Win+D, start normal work.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You are welcome
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This does seem to work. Very nice. I just have to alt-tab away and then things are normal. Thanks!
I use Win+D to minimize to tray, so it doesn't stay in background
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I've been put out to pasture... Dilbert Comic Strip on 2008-12-24 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^] :laugh:
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"Should not". There's a risc on leaving your desk there, which don't exist at home. I know, I once installed an app that opens the CD-tray when given the command over TCP, and it drove a collegue insane. Whenever he was busy, concentrated, the CD-tray would open without warning. A co-worker with more malicious intent might have installed a keylogger. So, it's a good thing there are those limitations on the screensaver.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
My best experience of unauthorised access was when I had to call tech support to fix something (no idea what it was, now), the guy logged into my laptop, fiddled around a bit, then went off to get something. While he was gone, I quickly made myself a device administrator. Happy ending: I never had to call tech support again.
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Now that I am working at home all the time, why do I have a screen saver lock on my work PC. Is my cat going to compromise the systems ? I saw where someone had put a mouse in a box with a motor to keep the screen saver from engaging -- seems too hard. I also saw an app for the iPhone called Mouse Mover. Does anyone know if this works ? I can't plug an iPhone into a work computer, but Keyboards and Mice are OK.
Can't you just turn it off? Anyway, the real reason people use screen savers is not because of security issues, but because the image may burn into your screen, (once) true story ;p
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Can't you just turn it off? Anyway, the real reason people use screen savers is not because of security issues, but because the image may burn into your screen, (once) true story ;p
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Burn-in was a problem with CRTs, and to some degree with plasma. Those few cases I have seen reported with plasma was done deliberately, cranking up the brightness and contrast to maximum and leave a static picture on the screen for two weeks. With LCD, it is practically non-exisistent - and I wish someone could give a good explanation why it would at all be possible. Yet, some people do insist that there is a slight bur-in effect even on LCDs. But the light source knows nothing about the pattern displayed; it provides an even, white background light. The LCDs are "light valves" letting more or less of the white light through. I just cannot understand how these valves can have a memory of how much light they have let through the last two weeks (or years) and sort of "got stuck" in exactly that position, that degree of opening. A valve does not produce any light itself (like plasma or phosphorus; it cannot "burn out" the same way. Certainly you can see materials fade from long time exposure to light, but that cannot be the case with LCD burn-in: They are all exposed to the same intensity white backlight, independent of how much the valve is opened.
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Burn-in was a problem with CRTs, and to some degree with plasma. Those few cases I have seen reported with plasma was done deliberately, cranking up the brightness and contrast to maximum and leave a static picture on the screen for two weeks. With LCD, it is practically non-exisistent - and I wish someone could give a good explanation why it would at all be possible. Yet, some people do insist that there is a slight bur-in effect even on LCDs. But the light source knows nothing about the pattern displayed; it provides an even, white background light. The LCDs are "light valves" letting more or less of the white light through. I just cannot understand how these valves can have a memory of how much light they have let through the last two weeks (or years) and sort of "got stuck" in exactly that position, that degree of opening. A valve does not produce any light itself (like plasma or phosphorus; it cannot "burn out" the same way. Certainly you can see materials fade from long time exposure to light, but that cannot be the case with LCD burn-in: They are all exposed to the same intensity white backlight, independent of how much the valve is opened.
