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I'm looking for a way to turn off my monitor screen and disable mouse input from switching it back on (while staying logged in)
I need to use the screensaver function as the default built in screen-off timers won't work due to applications like skype running in the background forcing the monitor to stay awake/wake up.
So far I tried creating a shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\scrnsave.scr and set it to maximize, but moving the mouse still kicks me out.
I tried to disable my mouse by unticking "Allow this device to wake the computer" but it doesn't work as I guess a screensaver doesn't technically put the computer to sleep.
Wolfspirit
Posted 2015-08-08T01:54:15.403
Reputation: 51
Could you be more explicit about what you are trying to achieve? I am not sure if you are looking for a sleep mode, that will trigger a screen saver which the mouse can't kill, or simply a screen saver that the mouse can't kill. Thank you – Holytoutant – 2015-08-08T02:11:22.813
Either is fine, the point I was trying to make was that I need a mode that turns off the screen which both the mouse AND background applications won't force awake – Wolfspirit – 2015-08-08T03:02:20.370