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#114620 - 2004-02-23 06:31 PM Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	Trying to use send keys like so: $nul=SendKeys("m") or SendKeys("{ENTER}") to wake a remote machine from it's screen saver....but it does not seem to work (using psexec to run the command on the remote machine...psexec reports kix file as started and successful). Is there another way to wake a pc using kix or any utility...should'nt this work??
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#114621 - 2004-02-23 07:08 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	The script will need to run under the same account as the account used to activate the screensaver. Why do you need to do this? There might be alternative solutions. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#114622 - 2004-02-23 08:44 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	I need this because pre sp4 sms clients will not install when the package is set to "only when user is logged on" and a screen saver is on. It works fine once you get the screen saver off but for some reason sms detects a screen saver being on as a the user is logged off....thus we want to run a little pre job to wake any machines who have the screen saver on (using psexec).
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#114623 - 2004-02-23 08:57 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	hmm... so why don't you install it in logonscript? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#114624 - 2004-02-23 09:03 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	It runs through loginscript as well but for people that are already logged on and away from their desks for the weekend....and whose screensaver has kicked in they should be getting the package through SMS...but are not because of the screen saver thing. Thats why we wanted to run this first for everyone who was still on the network and not going to logon in the morning and then kick off the package on their pc's.
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#114625 - 2004-02-23 09:14 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Why don't you run it as a scheduled task as a silent install? _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#114626 - 2004-02-23 09:27 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	Google discussion groups Quote: This can be done (sorta).... Modify the key to 0 as so.... "hkcu\control panel\desktop\screensaverIsSecure=0" The next time someone jiggles the mouse the password screen will come up, but the screen saver (the logon screen saver anyway) will re-read the registry setting for itself as it goes back to sleep from the jiggle (about a minute later), the next time it's jiggled, it's not locked. I did this to fix a hung SMS job throughout our environment a couple months ago. I scheduled an AT command using Reg.exe from the Resource Kit because you cannot get to HKCU remotely. We just had to have someone jiggle the mouse on the workstations in their area to get it going, but not an Admin. You may be able to get some code to work that attempts to wake the machine (the replacement of jiggle the mouse) and it should work. It's kludgy but it does work and in my opinion is a security flaw! Shawn _________________________ Co
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#114627 - 2004-02-23 09:45 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	Why don't you run it as a scheduled task as a silent install? Can you run a scheduled task as the user who is logged in (and set this up remotely)??? These apps needs to install under the users context because of HKCU settings and not the admin or system context. I have not found a way to do this using jt.exe or At. If you know a way to run a scheduled task as the user (remotely) please post because this would be very useful for me.
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#114628 - 2004-02-23 09:58 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	You have to create a script which search for the current user's SID in HKEY_USERS... I know it is possible... But i never did it with Kix. A co-worker has created a script with Wise Package studio which does this job. _________________________ Co
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#114629 - 2004-02-23 10:23 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	but how to add the users password to the scheduled job??? or would you not need that if you grab his sid?
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#114630 - 2004-02-23 10:36 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	It is hard to say.. When you edit HKCU or HKU you have to reboot... MMM well, it depends, We use this Wise script as part of the loginscript and changes are made directly so a reboot is not required. But we use XP mabye that's why... What OS's do you use? W2K i guess... Edited by Co (2004-02-24 07:16 AM) _________________________ Co
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#114631 - 2004-02-24 09:05 AM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	why would someone need a reboot? I've heard that before too, I don't get that. at maximum you need to shut the proggies that hold on to something old, thus many times easiest is to log off user or kill explorer. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#114632 - 2004-02-24 09:27 AM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	MMM, you've got a point... Edited by Co (2004-02-24 09:27 AM) _________________________ Co
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#114633 - 2004-02-24 09:28 AM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	mmm, I know _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#114634 - 2004-02-24 03:26 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	See also UpdateUserParameters() - updates per-user system parameters _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#114635 - 2004-02-24 03:58 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	Maybe I should pose this question then.....is there a way to run an executable remotely in the users account context????
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#114636 - 2004-02-24 04:34 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Yes, if you have the username/password. Have you tried to remotely force a logoff/reboot event? This would force the user to rerun the login script. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#114637 - 2004-02-24 05:04 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
sliver sliver Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-09-05 Posts: 94	Good idea but I know in the past they do not let us do logoff\shitdown events because too many users left important data unsaved on their desktops and lost it because of the logoff.
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#114638 - 2004-02-24 06:10 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	they don't let us do shitdown events either _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#114639 - 2004-02-24 08:07 PM Re: Wake Screen Saver
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	How about shitup? Is that allowed? _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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