I am running my script once every X hours with Python, this is done via RDP. After I close out the RDP (I assume) the screen "locks" on the computer. When trying to move my mouse with the following code I get an error.


The error I get when the script runs after I have closed the RDP connection:



I assume this is because the screen is locked OR the screen service doesn't exist (not sure which)

Aside from programmatically rdp-ing in to this server and running this script on yet another computer are there any other options to having this run?

Forgot to link to your Stackoverflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23104390/mouse-events-with-locked-computer

Is this in Windows 8? I wrote a macro recorder and player in Python using PyWin32 bindings and having trouble with the Alt key not being allowed for security reasons. There was a workaround that I can't seem to find/remember, and never got around to implementing. Perhaps it's a similar issue here?

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workarounds i've found are using a c# wrapper to run this as a service and schedule it, emulating rdc via another box, and running as a local user

thx

Sounds like something you could do in Python really.

If it works, it works.