Mouse jiggler

[Andy_con]

Anyone use such a thing?

Am worried it won't work on my council computer where everything is locked down

USB Mouse Jiggler - moves cursour to prevent the screen-saver & sleep.

Mouse Jiggler works as a USB mouse cursor mover making an unnoticeable movements every minute. Does not require any software. Supports all operating systems.

www.keydemon.com

 

[.Joe]

It will just show up as a usb mouse, so unless they've locked it down to only being able to use supplied mice it will work without a problem

 

[Andy_con]

Swish, we can plug any usb mouse in

 

[Flat Eric]

Didn't even know such a thing existed.
Why wouldn't you just change settings to not go into sleep or screen saver?

 

[seb]

And they say productivity in the public sector isn't recovering.

 

[Matt Cup]

 

[Andy_con]

Didn't even know such a thing existed.
Why wouldn't you just change settings to not go into sleep or screen saver?

You can't, locked down

 

[Andy_con]

And they say productivity in the public sector isn't recovering.

How can I build lasers if I'm working!

 

[Flat Eric]

You can't, locked down

Can't you speak to the IT guy to change settings?

 

[Rob]

Open notepad, put something small and heavy on one key. Done.

 

[Andy_con]

Can't you speak to the IT guy to change settings?

Ha, nope.

It's easier just to pay £8

 

[Oggy997]

Always befriend the IT guy and get local admin rights.

 

[McGherkin]

This is why you didn’t get that job

 

[Rojer]

In my previous job I just had a batch file that turned num lock on and off in the background and stopped Teams showing as away...

 

[Flat Eric]

Always befriend the IT guy and get local admin rights.

This
The hoops I used to jump through to get certain software installed.
Whereas now I just go to my man Phil and he sorts it for me no bother.

 

[Andy_con]

Always befriend the IT guy and get local admin rights.

It's not one person, it's a whole team.

 

[.Joe]

Personally i've found putting the mouse on a watch/clock and let the ticking move the mouse, gets round the audit logs of usb being plugged in/out and can usually be picked up for a few quid

 

[Flat Eric]

It's not one person, it's a whole team.

Don't need to friends with them all, just the best one.
He might share an interest in lasers, you never know

 

[Oggy997]

It's not one person, it's a whole team.

And?
You gain the trust of one of the team, they set you as local admin, you can install what you like on your local machine only, and it's still governed by group policy.
Anything else needs global admin.

In hilton I was made local admin by one guy, got a new laptop, a second guy made me admin again.

When I got sacked the IT manager accused me of using a 0 day to elevate myself 😂
It being a team means nothing.

I just had their trust, and they would rather I just done it than asking them to remote on every time.

 

[Krarl]

You can download a virtual mouse jiggler and save yourself the money

 

[Advikaz]

Anyone use such a thing?

Am worried it won't work on my council computer where everything is locked down

USB Mouse Jiggler - moves cursour to prevent the screen-saver & sleep.

Mouse Jiggler works as a USB mouse cursor mover making an unnoticeable movements every minute. Does not require any software. Supports all operating systems.

www.keydemon.com

depends what policies have been deployed but councils and basically anything public sector usually have appalling device management/mdm and IT in general. So it’ll probably be fine tbh

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Personally i've found putting the mouse on a watch/clock and let the ticking move the mouse, gets round the audit logs of usb being plugged in/out and can usually be picked up for a few quid

Andy this is good advice,

Put the mouse on top of your wife's vibrator, they will think you are working overtime.... or have terrible Parkinson's.

 

[Yarp]

Open teams and put something heavy on the ctrl key. A stapler works perfectly 👍

 

[RustyMojo]

I just leave my teams as offline nowadays! It literally drives me insane with constant bull s**t messages, being dialling in unannounced to a conference call. I struggle to keep up with my email traffic, if people need me my phone is always on.

 

[DaveL485]

I prefer something a little more eloquent - save this in a notepad file on your desktop, rename it to (whatever).ps1 then right click>run with powershell.

This keeps your screen active and stops Teams going to "Away"

#
# -- NoSleep --
# Keep your computer awake by programmatically pressing the ScrollLock key every X seconds
#

param($sleep = 240) # seconds
$announcementInterval = 10 # loops

Clear-Host

$WShell = New-Object -com "Wscript.Shell"
$date = Get-Date -Format "dddd MM/dd HH:mm (K)"

$stopwatch
# Some environments don't support invocation of this method.
try {
    $stopwatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
} catch {
   Write-Host "Couldn't start the stopwatch."
}

Write-Host "Executing ScrollLock-toggle NoSleep routine."
Write-Host "Start time:" $(Get-Date -Format "dddd MM/dd HH:mm (K)")

Write-Host "<3" -fore red

$index = 0
while ( $true )
{
    Write-Host "< 3" -fore red      # heartbeat
    $WShell.sendkeys("{SCROLLLOCK}")

    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200

    $WShell.sendkeys("{SCROLLLOCK}")
    Write-Host "<3" -fore red       # heartbeat

    Start-Sleep -Seconds $sleep

    # Announce runtime on an interval
    if ( $stopwatch.IsRunning -and (++$index % $announcementInterval) -eq 0 )
    {
        Write-Host "Elapsed time: " $stopwatch.Elapsed.ToString('dd\.hh\:mm\:ss')
    }
}

 

[Oggy997]

He's definitely going to be allowed to launch a powershell script on his machine.

 

[jonno_c]

How about you just do some f**king work you bloody shyster!!

.......off to watch some more Borat videos on YouTube.

 

[Oggy997]

.......off to watch some more Borat videos on YouTube.

You jest, but that has pretty much been my role for weeks, self learning Tableau & Power BI.

 

[charltjr]

I am so glad I work somewhere that I don't need to worry about any of that horseshit

 

[leeds2592]

I prefer something a little more eloquent - save this in a notepad file on your desktop, rename it to (whatever).ps1 then right click>run with powershell.

This keeps your screen active and stops Teams going to "Away"

#
# -- NoSleep --
# Keep your computer awake by programmatically pressing the ScrollLock key every X seconds
#

param($sleep = 240) # seconds
$announcementInterval = 10 # loops

Clear-Host

$WShell = New-Object -com "Wscript.Shell"
$date = Get-Date -Format "dddd MM/dd HH:mm (K)"

$stopwatch
# Some environments don't support invocation of this method.
try {
    $stopwatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
} catch {
   Write-Host "Couldn't start the stopwatch."
}

Write-Host "Executing ScrollLock-toggle NoSleep routine."
Write-Host "Start time:" $(Get-Date -Format "dddd MM/dd HH:mm (K)")

Write-Host "<3" -fore red

$index = 0
while ( $true )
{
    Write-Host "< 3" -fore red      # heartbeat
    $WShell.sendkeys("{SCROLLLOCK}")

    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200

    $WShell.sendkeys("{SCROLLLOCK}")
    Write-Host "<3" -fore red       # heartbeat

    Start-Sleep -Seconds $sleep

    # Announce runtime on an interval
    if ( $stopwatch.IsRunning -and (++$index % $announcementInterval) -eq 0 )
    {
        Write-Host "Elapsed time: " $stopwatch.Elapsed.ToString('dd\.hh\:mm\:ss')
    }
}

 

[DrR]

I used to load a PowerPoint presentation then minimise it.

 

[DaveL485]

He's definitely going to be allowed to launch a powershell script on his machine.

We can't even plug a USB storage device in any more and yet powershell is fine!

 

[Gus]

Just open up notepad or word and put something heavy on the spacebar. Works a treat and best option.
or open powerpoint and press the presentation button in the bottom right corner. You can then alt tab to teams.

 

[Robbie Corbett]

I WOrK FrOM HomE anD DO mOrE THaN I WouLd In THe OFfice....

Enters a nut and bolt.

 

[MatthewR]

I am so glad I work somewhere that I don't need to worry about any of that horseshit

Not even ready the rest of this but I can't imagine working somewhere that I have to do something like this. Mental really that people either don't like their job enough or get watched enough they have to do this!

 

[Maccy]

I can give you a batch file that hits whatever key you want every X seconds, and doesn’t require admin writes to run.

Used it it at a very secure client once…

 

[Oggy997]

They couldn't have had a very good group policy then!

 

[ChrisR]

Are software restriction policies still a thing? Using those almost 20 years ago now would stop stuff like that running

 

[Oggy997]

In general, any access to the command prompt is disabled for a local user by almost every group policy.
In my current role, I can't access cmd, but have ssh access to a Linux box with no restrictions, heh.

My previous role, I had cmd/ps access but couldn't access as administrator, meaning I couldn't really do much.
I wasn't allowed to run any non approved executibles.

The rule before that blocked it all, approved installs were hosted in the software centre, until I was made local admin.

 

[Jamess182]

I WOrK FrOM HomE anD DO mOrE THaN I WouLd In THe OFfice....

Enters a nut and bolt.

Nottingham city council plans cuts to libraries, care homes and youth services

Charges for public toilets and cuts to school lunch grants also proposed in effort to plug £50m funding gap

www.theguardian.com

Councils running out of budget, cutting people's jobs and public services.

Meanwhile public sector workers sat around at home wiggling mouse about trying to look busy...
Guess it all adds up.