Moving my mouse ferociously so that Skype does not default to an "away" status while watching Netflix...Gotta love being "remote".

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Sigh, this is the third time I mention this on fishbowl. You put your mouse on top of a watch. The laser from the mouse detects the movement from the seconds arm and keeps your laptop active.

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Or go into Skype settings and change your away timeout setting. Jesus.

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Download mouse jiggle. You're welcome.

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Don't download mouse jiggle. As an IT Person we report shit like this. We can quickly run a tool in all computers running X software. You don't want to be on that list.

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Agree with D4. Especially since IT took away our ability to manage the minutiae of our power settings

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Start your windows media player, play the stock 'nature' video on repeat. Even when minimized, this will keep your laptop from timing out. Then just set your skype settings to a few hours before going to away. Also, turn the sound as high as it goes so you can hear if someone pings you from rooms away

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A2 - I've not been on the bench in a while but hope to remember this trick when I am.

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A2 I wish I knew that earlier

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IT doesn't care, they just report it. I don't agree.

D5, create a custom power plan and tinker away to your heart's content.

Mouse jiggle

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Put batteries on your keyboard.

What else does IT report? 😁

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