About This Tool

Session Keep-Awake prevents Windows from locking your session due to inactivity by simulating minimal user activity at regular intervals. This tool runs silently in the background and performs non-intrusive actions every 4 minutes to keep your session active.

Perfect for situations where you need to maintain an active session during long-running processes, remote connections, or VPN sessions without disabling security policies.

• Runs automatically at Windows startup
• No administrator privileges required
• Minimal system resource usage
• Completely non-intrusive to your work

Download

Download the complete installation package containing all necessary files.

Installation Instructions

Follow these simple steps to install Session Keep-Awake on your Windows system:

1. Extract all files from session-keep-awake.zip to a temporary folder
2. Run install-session-keep-awake.bat by double-clicking the file
3. The installer will automatically:
   • - Create a Scripts folder in your user profile
   • - Copy all required files to the Scripts folder
   • - Create a startup shortcut for automatic launch at login
   • - Launch the tool immediately
   • - Verify the tool started successfully
   • - Open the Scripts folder to show installed files
4. Session Keep-Awake is now running and will start automatically at login

Installation Path: Files are installed to C:\Users\{YourUsername}\Scripts

File Integrity Verification

To ensure the downloaded ZIP file is authentic and hasn't been tampered with, you can verify its MD5 hash.

Expected MD5 Hash:

Verification Command:

Open PowerShell and run the following command in the folder where you downloaded the ZIP file:

Compare the output hash with the expected MD5 hash above. If they match, the file is authentic.

How It Works

Session Keep-Awake uses two non-intrusive methods to simulate user activity every 4 minutes:

• Mouse Movement: Moves the cursor 1 pixel to the right, then immediately back to its original position. This movement is virtually unnoticeable to the user.
• ScrollLock Toggle: Sends the ScrollLock key twice in succession, leaving the ScrollLock state unchanged. This key is rarely used and won't interfere with your work.

These actions are sufficient to prevent Windows from considering your session idle, without disrupting your actual work or causing any visible changes.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• No administrator privileges required
• PowerShell execution (handled automatically by the batch launcher)
• Approximately 10KB of disk space

Uninstall Instructions

To remove Session Keep-Awake from your system:

1. Delete the startup shortcut:
   %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\session-keep-awake.lnk
2. Delete the files from your Scripts folder:
   C:\Users\{YourUsername}\Scripts
   • - session-keep-awake.bat
   • - session-keep-awake.ps1
   • - README-session-keep-awake.txt
3. Stop any running instances via Task Manager (find PowerShell process)
4. (Optional) Delete the Scripts folder if you're not using it for anything else

Troubleshooting

If the tool doesn't start automatically at login:

• Check that the shortcut exists in your Startup folder
• Try running session-keep-awake.bat manually from the Scripts folder
• Verify that the .lnk file is pointing to the correct location

If the tool doesn't seem to be working:

• Open Task Manager and look for a PowerShell process
• Check if the process command line includes "session-keep-awake.ps1"
• Try running the BAT file manually to see any error messages
• Verify the Scripts folder exists: C:\Users\{YourUsername}\Scripts

To stop the tool manually:

• Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
• Find the PowerShell process running session-keep-awake.ps1
• End the process