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Here is the Python program I wrote to prevent the Folding@home Web Control page from sleeping. This code takes guidance from the excellent Python book, Automate The Boring Stuff With Python by Al Sweigart. You will have to install the pyautogui library to your system before you can edit/compile/run ...

Hi Bruce, No, this seems to be a feature of the foldingathome web control page. Windows would just go blank or bring up the screen saver. It wouldn't say "Web Control sleeping..." The suggestion of using a tool that automatically moves the mouse works. I wrote a little script in Python to ...

The advanced control is ugly and not particularly informative at a glance. But your second idea has merit. I could try to whip something up in Python that moves the mouse from time to time. I wonder if that would work? Worth a shot. Thanks!

I enjoy watching the progress of my cores, via the Web Control page, as they work on Folding At Home packets. I have a spare monitor to dedicate to the display of this page. Unfortunately, the display is constantly going to sleep and I must move the mouse to resume active display of the Web Control ...