avoiding password-protected screensavers

[tadamsmar@yahoo.com]

Is there a program that you can run on your PC that will make your PC
appear to be active so the screensaver will never be activated?

I have heard you can do this with a javascript.

 

[John John]

Are you a user in a corporate environment? If this is "your" pc you can
simply disable the screensaver. If it's in a corporate environment ask
the IT person to disable it.

John

tadamsmar@yahoo.com wrote:

> Is there a program that you can run on your PC that will make your PC
> appear to be active so the screensaver will never be activated?
>
> I have heard you can do this with a javascript.

 

[tadamsmar@yahoo.com]

We may be asked to disable it without corporate action. We have been
told that is possible, and our client may ask us to do it. It's a lab
environment where the screensaver prevents people from staying on
schedule and doing their jobs, particularly on shared computers.

On Feb 5, 8:59 am, John John <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> Are you a user in a corporate environment?  If this is "your" pc you can
> simply disable the screensaver.  If it's in a corporate environment ask
> the IT person to disable it.
>
> John
>
>
>
> tadams...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Is there a program that you can run on your PC that will make your PC
> > appear to be active so the screensaver will never be activated?
>
> > I have heard you can do this with a javascript.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

 

[John John]

You can do it with VB script, with helper applications or with registry
edit.

VB Script:
http://search.yahoo.com/search_ylt=...REENSAVEACTIVE&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8

Helper application:
FlipSS (12KB zip)
http://www.jddesign.f2s.com/freeware_programs.htm

Registry edit:
For individual users:

=========================================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="0"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"

============================================

0=No
1=Yes

REGEDIT4 is for NT4.

The header for Windows 2000/XP is:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Group Policies wiil overide HKCU settings.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/34534.mspx

John

tadamsmar@yahoo.com wrote:
> We may be asked to disable it without corporate action. We have been
> told that is possible, and our client may ask us to do it. It's a lab
> environment where the screensaver prevents people from staying on
> schedule and doing their jobs, particularly on shared computers.
>
> On Feb 5, 8:59 am, John John <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>>Are you a user in a corporate environment? If this is "your" pc you can
>>simply disable the screensaver. If it's in a corporate environment ask
>>the IT person to disable it.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
>>tadams...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a program that you can run on your PC that will make your PC
>>>appear to be active so the screensaver will never be activated?
>>
>>>I have heard you can do this with a javascript.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>- Show quoted text -
>
>