Stop the screensaver from coming on.

 Computers and Networking
May 312010
 

This little program will open and close the start menu every 30 seconds for 24 hours. It basically sends the control and escape key to open the start menu then closes it by sending a final escape.

OpenAndCloseStartMenu

;Author: Robert Holland
;Date: 20100522
;Purpose: Send CTRL and ESC keys every 30 seconds for 24 hours to keep the screensaver from coming on.
;AutoIt Program

$count = 0
$loop_length = 2880
; Execute the loop “While” the counter is less than
While $count < $loop_length
; Increase the count by one
$count = $count + 1

Sleep(3000)
Send(“^{esc}”)
Sleep(1000)
Send(“{esc}”)
sleep(30000)
Wend
Exit

Phone Number Formatted

 Computers and Networking
Apr 082010
 

;Phone Number Formatted.au3.
Local $sOriginal = “1234567890”
Local $sFormatted1 = StringRegExpReplace($sOriginal, “(…)?((….)$|(…))”, “\1-\2”) ; 7 or 10 digit phone number
Local $sFormatted2 = StringRegExpReplace($sOriginal, “(.{3}){1}(…{1})”, “\1-\2-\3”)
Local $sFormatted3 = StringRegExpReplace($sOriginal, “(…)(…)”, “\1-\2-“)
Local $sFormatted4 = StringRegExpReplace($sOriginal, “(.{3})(.{3})”, “\1-\2-“)
MsgBox(0, “”,”1: ” & $sFormatted1 & @CRLF & “2: ” & $sFormatted2 & @CRLF & “3: ” & $sFormatted3 & @CRLF & “4: ” & $sFormatted4)