Windows 7, Domain policies enforce a password protected screensaver with a timeout of 10 minutes. I'm trying to find a way to prevent the screensaver from kicking in.
I've noticed that when I play a video (even when minimised) the screensaver is not activated.
What is the mechanism that allows a video player to disable the screensaver, even though I'm running as a normal (non-admin) user?
Can I simulate this behaviour in a way that is less cpu-intensive? Maybe periodicaly writing a registry setting? Or perhaps 'writing' something to the video card?
