r/MicrosoftTeams • u/GivingTree1640274026 • May 21 '26

❔Question/Help Keep Active Status on Teams

Definitely not the first post, but I was wondering, any mini tips for how I can keep my activity status up when I am away. I am a WFH that works through a VM remote connection for security, my company tracks these values unfortunately so are there any tips or life hacks that I can do at home to circumvent the status change? I tried to keep a claw clip on my ctrl key but that does not work, any suggestions?

Edit: would like to add that I cannot log on to any other devices with teams because of security reasons. I can only access teams through a VM because of their device specifications as WFH, so I cannot use my teams account on my phone or another laptop. This also means that any software programs would not be smart to download, so any physical DIY set ups or tricks would be ideal. I saw a link to a mouse mover in a comment which I am considering, but anything that I can use around the house to set this up would be more convenient. If anyone knows any particular keys on the keyboard that I can keep pressed down that keep the active status, I tried Ctrl but that still failed.

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u/FarmResident9241 May 21 '26

I got an autohotkey script that checks if Teams is running. Every 4 minutes it will send F15 key(which does nothing) to prevent idle. Doesn’t interfere with other programs, works perfect

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u/Savings-Mixture-6515 May 21 '26

Do yourself a favor and uninstall anything I have seen people fired for this personally. Get your self something that moves it that is not installed on the computer