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davidguygc · Jan 23rd, 2008, 10:53 PM

Hello all,

I am currently up at the university library, and the computers are set to log you off after 3 minutes of being idle. It is very annoying to say the least.

I am currently working on Calculus III homework with the homework site up. The way it works is I write down the problem, work on it, then submit it. This process takes longer than three minutes, so I want to know if I could write a console program that could make the computer think that I just pushed a button every x seconds.

There is Visual Studio 6.0 installed on this computer, so I can compile and run a program right here.

I had already given it one try, writing this program:

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#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	time_t start, stop;
	start = time(&start);
	system("TITLE ANTI-LOGOUT!");
	while(true)
	{
		stop = time(&stop);
		if(difftime(stop,start) == 60.0)
		{
			start = time(&start);
                        // This opens a minimized prompt every 60 seconds
                        system("cmd /c start /min cmd /c exit"); 
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

As promising as this program seemed, it's not doing the trick. Do y'all know of any other way to get this annoyance taken care of?

Thanks in advance,
--David

Jan 23rd, 2008, 10:53 PM	#1
davidguygc Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	Simulate user activity Hello all, I am currently up at the university library, and the computers are set to log you off after 3 minutes of being idle. It is very annoying to say the least. I am currently working on Calculus III homework with the homework site up. The way it works is I write down the problem, work on it, then submit it. This process takes longer than three minutes, so I want to know if I could write a console program that could make the computer think that I just pushed a button every x seconds. There is Visual Studio 6.0 installed on this computer, so I can compile and run a program right here. I had already given it one try, writing this program: (Toggle Plain Text) #include <ctime> #include <iostream> int main() { time_t start, stop; start = time(&start); system("TITLE ANTI-LOGOUT!"); while(true) { stop = time(&stop); if(difftime(stop,start) == 60.0) { start = time(&start); // This opens a minimized prompt every 60 seconds system("cmd /c start /min cmd /c exit"); } } return 0; } #include <ctime> #include <iostream> int main() { time_t start, stop; start = time(&start); system("TITLE ANTI-LOGOUT!"); while(true) { stop = time(&stop); if(difftime(stop,start) == 60.0) { start = time(&start); // This opens a minimized prompt every 60 seconds system("cmd /c start /min cmd /c exit"); } } return 0; } As promising as this program seemed, it's not doing the trick. Do y'all know of any other way to get this annoyance taken care of? Thanks in advance, --David

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