"""Fake keyboard activity to prevent screen saver from activating.""" import win32api import win32con import time while True: print "Faking keyboard activity at", time.asctime() win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_SHIFT, 0, 0, 0) win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_SHIFT, 0, win32con.KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0) time.sleep(60 * 5)