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Ian
Ian

Reputation: 379

Check Idle Time when running as a Windows Service

Using win32api.GetLastInputInfo() is an easy way to determine a USERS's idle time. However when running as a SERVICE this does not apply (always returns 0).

Does anyone know a simple way for a WINDOWS SERVICE to determine last keypress/mouse activity? (or some other effective way to determine idle time)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1179

Answers (1)

gurney alex
gurney alex

Reputation: 13645

Not in Python, but the approach proposed in http://www.codeproject.com/KB/DLL/trackuseridle.aspx looks interesting.

[edit] The code it is a standard C DLL, so you should be able to use it with ctypes. The way the C code is written using SetWindowsHookEx means you could maybe rewrite it directly Python + pywin32. See stackoverflow.com/questions/6458812 and python-forum.org/pythonforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11154 for more on this (the first link mentions kinds of events you can get without writing a DLL, and the other shows a python example).

Upvotes: 1

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