Locking Desktop and Disabling Mouse

[lj87]

Hi,

Currently my computer refuses to let me disable the Mouse or Keyboard to wake the computer, so I'm hoping it can be done with AHK using BlockInput somehow. Problem is I have no idea where in my current Lock Desktop script to add the code for it to work properly. I tried adding it in a few places, but all it did was disable the mouse when I unlocked the desktop - the mouse still moved on the lockscreen.

Current script is

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#Esc::
Sleep, 1000
DllCall("LockWorkStation")
Sleep, 2000
SendMessage,0x112,0xF170,2,,Program Manager

Hopefully it's simple and someone can help me out.

Thanks

[Nextron]

How are you going to wake up the computer without mouse or keyboard?

BlockInput is only 'processed' by Windows after the wake-up event, so it's not going to help you. Luckily DSpider solved a similar problem: [SOLVED] Turn off the monitor (and block mouse movement) when pressing "Win+Z"

[lj87]

Thanks for that link - that method works nicely. Do you think it would be possible for the mouse to auto unlock itself upon the desktop unlocking?

[Nextron]

I use the following to change the standby timeout of my monitor on logoff/logon. You can easily change those Run lines to the script that re-enables your mouse:

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WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE(wParam, lParam, Msg, hWnd){
	static init:=(DllCall( "Wtsapi32.dll\WTSRegisterSessionNotification", UInt, A_ScriptHwnd, UInt, 1) && OnMessage(0x02B1, "WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE"))
	,_:={base:{__Delete: "WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE"}}
	
	if !(_)
		DllCall("Wtsapi32.dll\WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification", "UInt", hWnd)
	
	If (wParam=0x6 || wParam=0x7){ ;Logoff or lock
		Run, powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 1,,Hide ;Set monitor standby timeout to 1 minute
	}Else If (wParam=0x5 || wParam=0x8){ ;Logon or unlock
		Run, powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 20,,Hide ;Set monitor standby timeout to 20 minutes
	}
	
			/*
			wParam::::::
			WTS_CONSOLE_CONNECT := 0x1 ; A session was connected to the console terminal.
			WTS_CONSOLE_DISCONNECT := 0x2 ; A session was disconnected from the console terminal.
			WTS_REMOTE_CONNECT := 0x3 ; A session was connected to the remote terminal.
			WTS_REMOTE_DISCONNECT := 0x4 ; A session was disconnected from the remote terminal.
			WTS_SESSION_LOGON := 0x5 ; A user has logged on to the session.
			WTS_SESSION_LOGOFF := 0x6 ; A user has logged off the session.
			WTS_SESSION_LOCK := 0x7 ; A session has been locked.
			WTS_SESSION_UNLOCK := 0x8 ; A session has been unlocked.
			WTS_SESSION_REMOTE_CONTROL := 0x9 ; A session has changed its remote controlled status. To determine the status, call GetSystemMetrics and check the SM_REMOTECONTROL metric.
			*/
}

[lj87]

Thanks for that. I tried adding the path in the run line, like this:

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If (wParam=0x6 || wParam=0x7){ ;Logoff or lock
		Run, "C:\AutoHotkeyDisableMouse\mouse_disable.vbs"
	}Else If (wParam=0x5 || wParam=0x8){ ;Logon or unlock
		Run, "C:\AutoHotkeyDisableMouse\mouse_enable.vbs"

Tried with and without the quotation marks, but no go. I'll just stick with the first method and hit space to unlock the mouse.