Windows Idle Timer

[LordShryku]

Soooo....I just got a Blackberry cellphone. The license to be put on the RIM server is 75 USD, which I would rather not spend. So, I'm using the desktop redirector software to send my emails to the phone. But sitting at my desk, I'd rather not have that, since I have my email up in front of me already. So even if you have no idea what any of that stuff is, here's what I'm looking to do:

Create a daemon of some type to monitor the Windows usage for idle times. If the pc has been idle for n amount of minutes, flip on the desktop redirector program. Once, there's input or movement, turn it off.

Now, I'm no Windows guy, so I don't know, maybe there's already something built into Windows and my feeble Unix mind is telling me I have to write a daemon. Or maybe someone's already got something like this done that I could tweak to do what I want. I didn't think it would be hard to do, considering you see it all the time in screensavers, IM clients and the like, but google must not have liked the way I worded my queries.

Anyway, if you guys and gals have any sort of suggestions, hints, comments, or just want to tell me to f*ck off, let me know. 🙂

[Mordecai]

Go to Control Panel->Scheduled Tasks.
Right click, go to New->Scheduled Task.
Give it a name, whatever there doesn't really matter.
Double click it or Right click and go to Properties.
Click the Schedule tab.
Click Advanced, which will open a new window.
Click the "Repeat task" check.
Enter in how often you want it to run--n minutes. Make the duration something fairly small, close to n minutes. If not, click the "if the task is still running, stop it at this time" check, so you don't come back with 40 copies of the program open.
Press OK.
Click the Settings tab.
Under the "idle time" frame, check, "Only start the task if the computer has been idle for at least" and then fill in the information.
Click "stop the task if the computer ceases to be idle."
Now, click the Task tab, and fill out the program information.

Fiddle around with the settings some until it fits your likings, and you're set.

[LordShryku]

Ahhhh, very nice. Thanks cai 🙂