Simulate mouse movement?

From: Kevin (kevinp_at_remove_cfl.rr.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:14:11 GMT

There's a computer in our office that's connected to a network other
than our own. Within the past three weeks they've changed some
security setting on their server that makes it so when no key is
pressed or the mouse doesn't move for five minutes, a box comes up and
locks us out of the computer until we enter the password again. As
long as someone wiggles the mouse once in a while, it doesn't happen.

The screensaver is disabled and I've set the screen to never go blank
and I've made sure "Prompt for password when computer goes off
standby" is unchecked (just in case).

I created a small program in VB6 that disables the screensaver with an
API call. That didn't work of course. Next I made the program move
the mouse by API calls. That didn't work either. I'm not sure what
else to try. Dealing with the IT people in charge of that domain is
out of the question.

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