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		<title>Block Mouse And Computer Keyboard On Hotkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There might be special situations where you want to block all input devices from sending signals to the computer system. Block Input (via Shell City) is a small portable software program that can block both the computer mouse and computer keyboard for a certain time. The software application is hotkey driven and will disable the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There might be special situations where you want to block all input devices from sending signals to the computer system. <a href="http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#BlockInput">Block Input</a> (via <a href="http://shellcity.net/?egg=c">Shell City</a>) is a small portable software program that can block both the computer mouse and computer keyboard for a certain time. The software application is hotkey driven and will disable the input devices for the configured amount of time. </p>
<p>In which situations might this come in handy? In all were mouse and computer keyboard usage might interfere with another process, be it statistical analysis or programs that react immediately on mouse or keyboard input and where this is unwanted.</p>
<p>The time that the computer mouse and keyboard are blocked can be defined in the program&#8217;s options. There is also an option to change the hotkey that starts the blocking from CTRL Q to another hotkey.</p>
<p><span id="more-11403"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/computer_keyboard_mouse.jpg" alt="computer keyboard mouse" title="computer keyboard mouse" width="426" height="208" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11402" /></p>
<p>The program will display a tooltip next to the mouse cursor that is counting down the remaining seconds that all input devices are blocked on the computer system. The software program adds itself automatically to the Windows System Tray. A right-click will open a context menu that provides links to the program&#8217;s options. It uses roughly 4 Megabytes of computer memory while running and should be compatible to most versions of the Windows operating system.</p>

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