"innocuous key"?  How about Scroll Lock?

Kerry


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>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Joe Koberg wrote:
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>>> I am trying to make a USB-connected PIC18F2553 send some kind of
>>> event every 30 seconds or so, to keep the screensaver on my Windows
>>> 7 PC from activating while idle.=20
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>>> I figured the most innocuous events to send would be "volume up"
>>> followed by "volume down" keypresses.  I presume these key events
>>> will reset the screensaver timeout, and don't see them affecting
>>> much else that might be in the foreground.  I want to leave the
>>> device plugged in at all times, [...]
>>>
>>> Anyone know how to get these events recognized, or have any other
>>> "innocuous key" suggestions?=20
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