Miscellaneous Software - Free Software to Jiggle the Mouse to Stop the Screensaver

SUMMARY: Help prevent the screensaver from starting or the computer from going to sleep with the freeware Mouse Jiggler.

Windows users - are you waiting for a download to complete and want to monitor its progress from across the room? Are you watching a long Internet video or listening to music while a visualization is playing? Or are you scanning an interesting or important auto-refreshed Twitter feed?

Depending on your configuration, do any of the above and your screensaver might activate, your monitor might blank, or worse your computer may go to sleep or hibernate. To help stop this from happening without delving through a myriad of configuration items you can run "Mouse Jiggler" (sometimes called "MouseJiggle").

"Mouse Jiggler" does one simple task - it "jiggles" or moves the mouse pointer when you are not moving it yourself. This movement should stop idle processes from activating such as running a screensaver. While you might find the animated pointer interesting, it can make normal computer use difficult, so after running the software check "Zen jiggle" to fake the mouse movement signal to Windows without actually having the pointer move around.

More information and a download link can be found at the following site. Note that this requires the Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 Redistributable if not already installed on your system:

* Mouse Jiggler

This tip was written regarding Mouse Jiggler v1.2 running on a Windows Vista system. Features, information, and screenshots for other versions / operating systems may vary.

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Heated Mouse on CBS News - The Early Show & YouTube

North Palm Springs, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2011

Just in time for chilly work environments and frozen fingertips, the Heated Mouse by ValueRays® made its debut on CBS News - The Early Show with High Tech and Toasty Gadgets to Keep You Warm! Erica Hill and Brett Larson presented the heated tech gadgets segment and featured the Heated Mouse on January 11, 2011.

"It was a delightful surprise to receive an email from Early Show Producer Greg Tufaro about the Heated Mouse," said Anna Miller of ValueRays®, "We've always known the Heated Mouse was a great invention, and now CBS News shared the warming mouse with TV viewers everywhere!"

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The special warm mouse is designed using a carbon fiber heating element making the heat generated from the mouse "infrared heat." Infrared heat warms the object not the air around it to create deep penetrating warmth through the skin's layers to the muscle tissue. People with arthritis, Raynauds, poor circulation, carpal tunnel and other hand ailments enjoy the infrared heat generated by the heated computer mouse.

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ValueRays® Infrared Heated Gadgets are available online at ValueRays.com and HeatedMouse.com. There are deep discounts available because the more you buy, the more you save. See the websites for more details.

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