# Detecting an inactive computer?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-an-inactive-computer/236314>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 19, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-an-inactive-computer/236314 "2007-08-19T20:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shockt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Shockt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shockt)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-an-inactive-computer/236314/1 "2007-08-19T20:05:44Z")

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One of the things I’ve been really curious about is how [Pandora](http://www.pandora.com) detects when your computer has been inactive for a certain period of time, without even being an active window. I can have it running the background for hours but the moment I walk away from my computer for a half an hour, the music stops. Am I just imagining things or is there a way to do this?