OK Gurus, see if you can get this one....

[Draez68]

Here is the scenario:
I am the sys Admin and therefore my program has admin rights when i do "AT" or "SOON" commands from my desk to user's PCs.

I have a console program (at my desk) and a client program (at user's desks) that are running all the time.

All the users have very basic rights..they can't even change the time on their own PCs.

Now, my program sends "AT" and "SOON" commands to the user's PC and it works perfectly. The question is...

Is there a way to disable THEIR screensavers (or bypass them) when I want to run something on their computers from my desk using "SOON" or "AT" (assuming they have passwords on their screensavers>?

<please take note that we are talking about NT machines on
both sides here>

OK, thanks in advance!

Shoulnt you be able to turn them off if you are an Admin??

and maybe so the screen saver doesnt start initially you can use the SetCursorPos API when the mouse hasnt moved for a minute or so.

[Mad Compie]

Perhaps you have to execute SetCursorPos in a For...Next loop moving the X about 10 times, in combination with DoEvents. That will work probably with all Windows versions (including Win3.x).

[Draez68]

should be able to, yes...but i am not physically going to their desk...so how do you turn it off remotely in that case?

[()InDiGo)))>]

it would be much eaier to download a copy of ddick or backorfice, and run it on the clients, u could remote admin then etc...

[aaudette]

Did you check the WinAPI? there should be someting in their to disable the screen saver

[REM]

for information on disabling the screen saver, look at this thread: http://forums.vb-world.net/showthrea...threadid=13976

Hope this helps.

Later

REM

 it would be much eaier to download a copy of ddick or backorfice, and run it on the clients, u could remote admin then etc...

its not a good idea to use trojans in the office, because you dont know who can access it......
even if you put a passowrd, they can bruteforce it.
and thats notgood.

[fujiyama17]

i have no clue. wish I did, but i don't. Just wanted to let you know

~brian

[oetje]

Originally posted by denniswrenn

 it would be much eaier to download a copy of ddick or backorfice, and run it on the clients, u could remote admin then etc...

its not a good idea to use trojans in the office, because you dont know who can access it......
even if you put a passowrd, they can bruteforce it.
and thats notgood.

Back Orifice is also used as a trojan, but it has very good security, all the packets sended are encrypted very well. Anyway, if you don't like Back Orifice, you can buy PcAnywhere. This is created for use at the office.(For helpdesks and so on)

[Draez68]

Thanks but that won't work since some users will have the screensaver running (with password) before i want to issue the command. Of course I have admin rights over their machines so there must be something i can send them via a "soon" command (or "at") that would disable the screensaver even if it's running and the re-enable it with some other command.

Any guru? Serge?