Dear All,
I have an application that monitors keystrokes to dictate how long a user has been idle. Once a time-limit is reached a modal .Net form pops up and locks the keyboard until biometric authorisation is provided.
My question is regarding how to get the timer application:
1 - Automatically starting at logon
2 - Automatically RE-starting if a user ends the application via the Task Manager
I've read a lot about windows services, registry keys and scheduled tasks, but have only succeeded in completely confusing myself.
I was leaning towards a service as they can be set not to stop, thereby ensuring that the timer app will be restarted when the service realises that it isn't running. However, I've never worked with services before so don't actually know how to achieve this.
Anyway help and advice would be gratefully received.
Ben Cooper
I have an application that monitors keystrokes to dictate how long a user has been idle. Once a time-limit is reached a modal .Net form pops up and locks the keyboard until biometric authorisation is provided.
My question is regarding how to get the timer application:
1 - Automatically starting at logon
2 - Automatically RE-starting if a user ends the application via the Task Manager
I've read a lot about windows services, registry keys and scheduled tasks, but have only succeeded in completely confusing myself.
I was leaning towards a service as they can be set not to stop, thereby ensuring that the timer app will be restarted when the service realises that it isn't running. However, I've never worked with services before so don't actually know how to achieve this.
Anyway help and advice would be gratefully received.
Ben Cooper