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Get idle seconds of computer with powershell script
# from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15845508/get-idle-time-of-machine
Add-Type @'
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace PInvoke.Win32 {
public static class UserInput {
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError=false)]
private static extern bool GetLastInputInfo(ref LASTINPUTINFO plii);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct LASTINPUTINFO {
public uint cbSize;
public int dwTime;
}
public static DateTime LastInput {
get {
DateTime bootTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(-Environment.TickCount);
DateTime lastInput = bootTime.AddMilliseconds(LastInputTicks);
return lastInput;
}
}
public static TimeSpan IdleTime {
get {
return DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(LastInput);
}
}
public static int LastInputTicks {
get {
LASTINPUTINFO lii = new LASTINPUTINFO();
lii.cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LASTINPUTINFO));
GetLastInputInfo(ref lii);
return lii.dwTime;
}
}
}
}
'@
$Idle = [PInvoke.Win32.UserInput]::IdleTime
Write-Host ($Idle.TotalSeconds)
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