IdleGuard

IdleGuard

September 29, 2009 in C, Devlog, Gaming
Written by: Dag Jonny Nedrelid

Some MMO games have been criticized for having up to 5 hour – or more – queues before you can actually enter the game and play. This inspired me to create a mini-program that might help you with this by reducing the amount of times you need to actually log in. Any software that kicks you for being idle might have a use for this little program.

IdleGuard
A small program (72kb) that – so far – every 5 minutes “pushes” the space key for you which should reset the ingame logout timer. It is extremely CPU cycle friendly (no loop stress/block/hang), and will require practically zero resources to keep running.

Is it safe to use?
Yes. The program does not hack or manipulate any memory space of any software. It simply sends a virtual key code into the windows keyboard stream.

Can I only use this with games?
It should work on any applications and systems that would otherwise kick you for being idle for too long.

Vista note
The Windows Vista User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI) might prevent this program to run properly or even crash as I have not bothered to error-handle such an event. You should be able to solve this by either turning off UAC or simply run it as administrator.

You can download the program here (win32 executable, no dependencies).

How do I use it?
Just start it, it will open a small window that you can close when you don’t need it running anymore. As long as you run it, it will “push” the space key for you every 5 minutes. Remember to have your game or program in focus while it’s running.

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