WakeyWakey.psm1
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function Start-WakeyWakey { <# .Synopsis Keep the computer from sleeping and invoking screensavers or lock screens .DESCRIPTION Imitate key presses to prevent the computer from invoking idle tasks such as screensavers and locking the workstation .EXAMPLE Start-WakeyWakey -Minutes 10 -Frequency 5 -Key F15 Imitate a F15 key press every 5 seconds for 10 minutes .EXAMPLE $TotalMinutes = New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End (Get-Date).AddHours(10) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty TotalMinutes PS C:\> Start-WakeyWakey -Minutes $TotalMinutes Imitate a print screen key presses for the next 10 hours using the default frequency of 10 seconds .EXAMPLE Start-WakeyWakey -Minutes (New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End (Get-Date).AddDays(5)).TotalMinutes Imitate a print screen key press for the next 5 days using the default frequency of 10 seconds .EXAMPLE Start-WakeyWakey -Minutes (New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End (Get-Date -Hour 17 -Minute 00 -Second 00)).TotalMinutes -Key F15 Imitate a F15 key press every 10 seconds until 17:00 (5PM) #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [int]$Minutes = 60, [int]$Frequency = 10, [ValidateSet('PRTSC','F15')] [string]$Key = 'PRTSC', [switch]$HideProgress ) Begin { [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") $Shell = New-Object -ComObject Wscript.Shell $StartDateTime = Get-Date $KeyOption = switch ($Key) { PRTSC { '{PRTSC}' } F15 { '{F15}{F15}' } } Write-Host -Object "`n`n`n`n`n`n`nKeeping awake for '$Minutes' minutes with a '$Key' key press every '$Frequency' seconds" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host -Object "Scheduled end time: $((Get-Date).AddMinutes($Minutes) | Get-Date -Format (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.FullDateTimePattern)" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host -Object "Press 'Ctrl + C' to stop" -ForegroundColor Green } Process { for ($i = 0; (New-TimeSpan -Start $StartDateTime -End (Get-Date) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty TotalMinutes) -le $Minutes; $i++) { If (-NOT($HideProgress)) { $TotalSeconds = New-TimeSpan -Start $StartDateTime -End (Get-Date) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty TotalSeconds $Progress = $TotalSeconds/60/$Minutes*100 If ($Progress -lt '50') { Write-Progress -Activity 'Wakey wakey...' -Status "Progress: $([math]::Round($Progress)) %" -PercentComplete $Progress } Else { Write-Progress -Activity 'Eggs and bakey...' -Status "Progress: $([math]::Round($Progress)) %" -PercentComplete $Progress } } Start-Sleep -Seconds $Frequency $Shell.SendKeys($KeyOption) } } End { } } |