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Remote desktop defeating inactivity timeout

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Mar 15, 202633274 views
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Is there an easy way to prevent a Remote Desktop session from timing out due to inactivity, assuming no access to the terminal server timeout settings? Maybe something like automatically transmitting a mouse click or a key press every few minutes?

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Fix for: Remote desktop defeating inactivity timeout

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I suspect there are ways in software to do this but I found a really simple solution by accident years ago. Assuming your mouse is optical, placing it on a refractive surface such as a frosted glass coaster causes the mouse sensor to move the mouse …

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