How to get the time left from a Windows Session before the active user is locked out of a session?

Antonio Arocha 21

Hello:

I would like to know, how much time is left before a user is locked out of it's current windows session in c#.

Daniel Zhang-MSFT 9,621 Reputation points

2021-06-01T06:52:32.487+00:00

Hi @Antonio Arocha ,
>>how much time is left before a user is locked out of it's current windows session in c#.
To avoid misunderstandings, could you please explain in detail and provide more details?
Best Regards,
Daniel Zhang
Antonio Arocha 21 Reputation points

2021-06-01T14:00:50.12+00:00

Dear all:

When you configure your profile in Winodws 10, you can configure in your personalization the Screen saver setting the time in which the session will lockout in case there is no activity. The operating system must be keeping track of that time to know when to lock out the screen in case there is no activity.

What I want to know is if there is way in dotnet C# to obtain the remaning time before the computer locks the screen or activates the screen saver (I suspect they are link toguether).

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards

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RLWA32 42,551 Reputation points

2021-06-01T23:27:04.177+00:00

Take a look at c-sharp-detect-time-of-last-user-interaction-with-the-os which uses GetLastInputInfo functionand also SystemParametersInfo function retrieving SPI_GETSCREENSAVETIMEOUT.
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Antonio Arocha 21 Reputation points

2021-06-02T04:44:20.19+00:00

Thank you very much for the help. This is exacly what I was looking for.
Kind regards
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