DIY puzzle - automatic PC depresser!

[RayL12]

If the laptop is set up to sound an indicator that an email has arrived, why not set up a scheduler to send an email on cue?

...Ray.

[Roger Mills]

I have a feeling it can do that without actually waking up. Or, putting it another way, I'm not sure that that would constitute a qualifying 'action' to prevent it sleeping.

[Lobster]

On 11 Aug 2015, Andy Burns grunted:

Thanks a lot for some great suggestions; however Andy is closest to winning the virtual pint with the above suggestion. I tried googling for his "mouse jiggler" and came up with the following youtube clip:

Totally fantastic!! As it happens, my watch has a second hand, so all I need to do is remove it, lay it on the desk, and simply put the mouse down on top of it when not using it. The second hand keeps the mouse activating continuously, as it has done all day long today.

Couldn't imagine a better solution to the problem, really! :)

[therustyone]

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This must breach the spirit of the firm's arrangement big time. Now you can go out to lunch for hours, leaving the keyboard wide open for intruders/family to hack into their systems!

[Huge]

That's very clever and very irritating.

I've worked at home for several years, with a similar arrangement - a heavily locked down Windows laptop, with a short screen saver lockout time. Like David, I do a lot of work on my own machine (it's faster & runs Linux...) so the lappie locks out all the time. The irritating bit is I've spent years being annoyed by this and now I have a cheap, effective solution, I'm ... retiring in 2 weeks.

[RayL12]

I agree! Couldn't be better. Someone scrap that stupid email idea!!!!!

[RayL12]

That's my quote of the day!!

[RayL12]

Doh!! And now this point of view crops up.

OK, call back the email idea guys. Let's take responsibility for our lack of, otherwise inactivity.