Hi,

Here is what I want to do: I would like to monitor my network activity (HTTP and SMTP) from my Windows machine if I am not at the desk - and the only way I can now figure out how to detect this is in one of two ways: either the screensaver is active, or the screen is locked.

I imagine installing a script as a service which poles the system every x amount of time. The updates are written to a DB on a *nix box. In the end I want to compare the number of HTTP and SMTP requests through my proxies while I was away from my computer.

This could potentially help me understand what my PC is upto when I am not at my desk :)

Thanks for any help you may have.

Cheers

Nico

In reply to Detect if Windows screensaver is running or screen is locked (Lock Computer) by nicc777

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