How to prevent windows from locking / sleeping (without admin privileges)

Question

I know it is possible to disable auto log out from control panel. I want to know is there a way to prevent windows from locking/ sleeping without changing any security options.

Solution 1

You can download and run this little program: No Sleep

Get it from here

No Sleep - Cnet

No Sleep - Apponic

It moves your mouse once a minute by one pixel. Thus it prevents your windows from going to sleep mode.

Solution 2

You could use this AutoHotkey script:

CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
Loop
{
    ; Move mouse
    MouseMove, 1, 1, 0, R
    ; Replace mouse to its original location
    MouseMove, -1, -1, 0, R
    ; Wait before moving the mouse again
    Sleep, 600000
}
return

You can download the portable version of AutoHotkey here.

Comments

[Nikitesh Kolpe]

Which requires admin access. and i dont want that.

[Chris]

Then it's policy driven and you won't be able to without the correct access rights. @NikiteshKolpe

[xji]

This program seems can no longer be accessed in its original location. It says permission denied.

[Wernfried Domscheit]

@JIXiang, I found a copy here of this file here: Todd Cramer’s Blog

[xji]

I think this should be the best answer since it relies on some inherent mechanism of Windows instead of any third-party tools.

[Otiel]

@JIXiang I disagree, it doesn't answer the question being how to prevent Windows from sleeping without admin rights.