http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/idle/popular/2009-05-31T01:18:03-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2009-05-31T01:18:03-07:00Gabriel Genellinahttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/924636/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576786-detect-when-system-is-idle/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576786 by <a href="/recipes/users/924636/">Gabriel Genellina</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/ctypes/">ctypes</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/idle/">idle</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/idle_time/">idle_time</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/time/">time</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/user_input/">user_input</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/windows/">windows</a>). </p> <p>Detect when system is idle, globally. That is, the user is not moving the mouse nor typing anything, in any application (not just our program).</p>