How to stop my PC locking?

Nick1881

Nick1881

Nick1881

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At work they have all the machines set to lock after 10 or 15 minutes, it can be very annoying, particularly when I'm running a test that may involve me not touching the PC for an hour.

The only fix we have at the moment is a mouse move program which literally makes the mouse move every few mins, this is great unless it does it just as your about to click something.

Does anyone have a more elegant solution? The only thing I could think of was if the mouse move program had a timer set to 5 minutes and it reset if you moved the mouse yourself, that way it would never move it while you were using the computer. Is this possible?

No point in asking IT as the answer will be no, company policy.

Any help would be great, thanks :)
 
We have a similar policy in work, screens lock after 5 minutes with a secured screen saver..... the only way to get around this is through reg hacks (whcih require local admin rights) or talking to your IT and giving them a valid reason as to why you need it disabled on your machine, it's a security feature to stop others using your login when you walk away forgetting to lock it!

P.S. I'm a domain admin LOL
 
Nick1881 said:
Does anyone have a more elegant solution? The only thing I could think of was if the mouse move program had a timer set to 5 minutes and it reset if you moved the mouse yourself, that way it would never move it while you were using the computer. Is this possible?

No point in asking IT as the answer will be no, company policy.
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I've never worked for a large company with a dedicated IT department, but I understand they generally take a dim view of employees who deliberately circumvent security policies... I'd check your employment T&Cs before you do anything that could land you with a reprimand on your record, or worse. :p
 
The mouse move program I'm using was made by my colleagues in a different department, they all use it and it's even branded with the company logo. If someone could modify it that would be great.

IT will never know anyway, it's outsourced to another company and they are usually pretty useless.
 
i dont mind this in my place of work. At first it annoyed but from a security point of view its great. the amount of tiem i walk passed non IT staff with their screens showing private and confidential data because they forgot to lock it when going for a coffee etc.

As for the IT being outsourced,i work in an outsourcing company and have a couple of ITO contracts and we normally know what the customers are up to ;)
 
Thanks for the replies, I can't use caffeine, we use an old program and F15 key is used.

Checked on AutoHotKey just found one already made called Noise but it doesn't seem to do any more than the mouse move program I already have. Just wish it didn't move the mouse while I'm trying to use it.
 
I am a local admin and screen saver is already set to off, they have changed something else and forced it to lock after 10 mins, there is no way I can change it back myself.
 
Nick1881 said:
I am a local admin and screen saver is already set to off, they have changed something else and forced it to lock after 10 mins, there is no way I can change it back myself.
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Make sure the 'On resume display login' isnt ticked either. You can still enable this without putting on a screenshot too.
 
Here you go

Code: 
loop
{
;Get the current mouse position
MouseGetPos, x1, y1

;Wait for 5 minutes
sleep 300

;Get the current mouse position
MouseGetPos, x2, y2

;Check if it moved durin the 5 minutes
mousemoved = 0
ifnotequal, x1, %x2%
{
mousemoved = 1
}
ifnotequal, y1, %y2%
{
mousemoved = 1
}

;if it moved, mousemoved = 1 - if so, don't need to do anything
ifnotequal, mousemoved, 1
{
	;mouse was not moved for 5 minutes, time for a wiggle - move 1 pixel up and across
	;Set new cords
	NewX := x1 + 1
	NewY := x1 + 1
	msgbox, %NewX%
	MouseMove, NewX, NewY
}
}

Use this code with autohotkey, it will check every 5 minutes to see if you have moved the mouse. If you haven't, it will move it 1 pixel down and right. Yes, there are prob prettier ways of doing this, but I just threw it together in 5 minutes.
 
Doesn't seem to work, I didn't see any cursor movement after 5 minutes and after 15 minutes my machine locked.

Thanks for trying.
 
Not possible to edit the registry, they push updates which will set it back within a few days even if I could change it.

If the above script could work it would be perfect.
 
Nick1881 said:
Thanks for the replies, I can't use caffeine, we use an old program and F15 key is used.

Checked on AutoHotKey just found one already made called Noise but it doesn't seem to do any more than the mouse move program I already have. Just wish it didn't move the mouse while I'm trying to use it.
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Use the switch:

-useshift - simulate the shift key instead of F15

Also, change the duration to 860 seconds or something so it doesn't interfere with standard work.
 
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