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I have been given an unusual task to create a Windows Service to do something
periodically to make the screensaver timer reset. We have a general policy
of locking computers automatically after 10 minutes of inactivity. This
windows service would be used on some machines to prevent the lock from
occurring every 10 minutes.

I have tried to reposition the mouse pointer with the Cursor class in a
service, but it does not work -- always sees the cursor at 0,0 and does not
recognize a new position being set for it. I have also looked for something
to directly reset the timer the screensaver uses, but have found nothing.

If someone could suggest a straightforward way to capture the real mouse
coordinates from a .NET Windows Service, so I can nudge the mouse to prevent
the screensaver from appearing, or to directly reset the screensaver timer,
that would be most helpful. We can not just set Windows properties (like
screensaver to none), as we do not want users to be able to prevent the
screensaver from appearing.
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