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Then the app should have a "barge in" button. Bonus: You'll be able to tell who thinks rather highly of themselves, instead of you having to try to figure it out.
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Or who has a question that can be answered in 15 seconds without waiting for the current supplicant to finish.
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Or who has a question that they can answer themselves in 15 seconds but are too lazy, but being "on hold" for an hour, they go and figure it out for themselves. That happens quite a lot nowadays! 
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hmmmm, sounds a bit like CP QA
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So the app needs priorities: Boss is high (officially), marketing is 1 (And tell them it means "first") ... If the new call is higher then you get a notification.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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What the app really needs is a Do Not Disturb setting, since I'm starting to believe that its window doesn't have an "X" in the upper right-hand corner.
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Even in the office people interrupt us without checking if we are busy.
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I've been working at home for over 6 years now, and I love it.
Takes some getting used to at the beginning, but I would not have it any other way now.
We use Microsoft Teams and you can mute people, chat threads, and other channels so that you are not bothered. You can set your status to "Busy" and go about your work. Answer chats/messages at your leisure.
Basically, you have to tell certain people to bugger off....in a nice, professional way. 
I am usually heads down coding for 6-8 hours a day. I answer questions in the morning for 30 mins and at the end of the day for 30 mins.
I only let certain people interrupt me during the work day, all others need to schedule a meeting to speak with me (approx. < 15 mins tops).
modified 3-Apr-20 4:22am.
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Now that I am working at home all the time, why do I have a screen saver lock on my work PC. Is my cat going to compromise the systems ? I saw where someone had put a mouse in a box with a motor to keep the screen saver from engaging -- seems too hard. I also saw an app for the iPhone called Mouse Mover. Does anyone know if this works ? I can't plug an iPhone into a work computer, but Keyboards and Mice are OK.
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I saw that one, but I do not want to plug in any devices like that.
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Wouldn't your biro-cap key press solution work, at least while the OP is away from his desk?
Keep Calm and Carry On
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There was a mouse jiggler app that worked OK. It was free.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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How about you stop playing xBox and just do your work?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Just disable the screensaver?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Exactly. Turning off all the power saver crap is one of the first things I do on a new PC, and I haven't seen a screensaver kick in on its own in years.
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May not be possible on a work PC.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"Should not". There's a risc on leaving your desk there, which don't exist at home.
I know, I once installed an app that opens the CD-tray when given the command over TCP, and it drove a collegue insane. Whenever he was busy, concentrated, the CD-tray would open without warning.
A co-worker with more malicious intent might have installed a keylogger. So, it's a good thing there are those limitations on the screensaver.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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My best experience of unauthorised access was when I had to call tech support to fix something (no idea what it was, now), the guy logged into my laptop, fiddled around a bit, then went off to get something.
While he was gone, I quickly made myself a device administrator.
Happy ending: I never had to call tech support again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, I have no experience in this area, but i know Dilbert and his colleagues have experienced this:
Dilbert Comic Strip on 2005-08-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="0"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="1000000000"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\scrnsave.scr"
modified 2-Apr-20 16:08pm.
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If you circumvent the limitations set by the sysadmin, you could be held liable for any damages.
Not worth the risc; you get paid to enter your password.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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How is that relevant to the topic?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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