here's sumthing for the pro's

here's the deal:

how do I create a prog that makes the computer think the the mouse has been moved and this must happen every 20 seconds. Any ideas?

Do you want to actually move it, (you can hide it), or just make the pc think it has, because the former is easy:

use API viewer to get SetCursorPos

then:

SetCursorPos AnyNumber, AnyNumber

Optionally, you can hide it with the API ShowCursor:

ShowCursor False

finally, put the SetCursorPos in a timer with interval 20 secs.

Not sure if that's what u want, but soemone might find it useful :)

You can use SetCursorPos API to move the cursor.
Just add the Timer control to your form and set it's Interval property to 20000. Then place this code on Timer event of the Timer control:

Code:

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Private Declare Function SetCursorPos Lib "user32" Alias "SetCursorPos" (ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long) As Long

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Dim x As Long
    Dim y As Long
   
    Randomize
    x = (Rnd * 9) * 100
    y = (Rnd * 9) * 100
    Call SetCursorPos(x, y)
End Sub

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This will move the cursor to a different position every time the Timer event fires.