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A very simple PowerShell script to keep a Windows PC awake and make lync think the user is active on the keyboard
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| # Useful references: | |
| # | |
| # https://superuser.com/questions/992511/emulate-a-keyboard-button-via-the-command-line | |
| # https://ss64.com/vb/sendkeys.html | |
| # https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/96b339e2-e9da-4802-a66d-be619aeb21ac/execute-function-one-time-in-every-10-mins-in-windows-powershell?forum=winserverpowershell | |
| # https://learn-powershell.net/2013/02/08/powershell-and-events-object-events/ | |
| # | |
| # Future enhancements - use events rather than an infinite loop | |
| $wsh = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell | |
| while (1) { | |
| # Send Shift+F15 - this is the least intrusive key combination I can think of and is also used as default by: | |
| # http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/ | |
| # Unfortunately the above triggers a malware alert on Sophos so I needed to find a native solution - hence this script... | |
| $wsh.SendKeys('+{F15}') | |
| Start-Sleep -seconds 59 | |
| } |
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In general, the script runs beautiful. I had reduced it to the following oneliner, which even adds a random element:
The only problem is: It only doesn't run any more with PowerShell in ConstraintLanguage Mode, it appears this disables the function SendKeys. Does anyone have an alternate how to provide the function while ConstraintLanguage Mode is active?