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How to get the true idle time of the system?

I need to get the system idle time when an event is triggered in my application. I used the GetLastInputInfo() function to get it, but it seems that after 5 minutes and a few seconds of inactivity, my ...
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How to prevent CreateProcess/ShellExecute from resetting Windows idle timer?

I need to launch an app from my app. I tried to use CreateProcess and ShellExecute but they both reset windows idle timer (which is used for monitor and system sleep). Is it possible to prevent this ...
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Using Golang to get Windows idle time (GetLastInputInfo or similar)

Is there an example or method of getting a Windows system's idle time using Go? I've been looking at the documentation at the Golang site but I think I'm missing how to access (and use) the API to ...
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