Well I had to work this weekend, but luckily I can remote desktop into work. The problem is the network policies. If you leave you machine unattended let’s say with outlook open, it will auto log you out after 2 minutes. But as long as the mouse is moving or some action is happening then everything is fine.
So I decided to use the ‘think out the box’ guy and crank up the fan to keep him going while he pushes keys on the keyboard or taps the mouse.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t get sufficent velocity to cause any action. And I think the tap mechanism is heat sensitive.
So I tried the optical mouse. The fan does cause the guy to move. The optical mouse does detect the movement, but not enough to move the mouse cursor.
Oh well maybe if I can get a 35/45 music turn table and set the optical mouse on that. Maybe the mouse will go in circles. Stay tuned…
Ahhh… Found a working solution. By placing a battery on the up arrow of the keyboard with plyers for weight, this successfully leaves the remote desktop session open.
