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CoffeeBean 5.0 by PolarGoose is a lightweight system utility that sits in the Windows notification area and quietly keeps the workstation awake whenever a corporate or group-policy screen-lock timer would otherwise blank the display. Designed for environments where administrators have enforced aggressive idle timeouts, the program simulates minimal user activity at configurable intervals, ensuring that long-running presentations, file transfers, builds, or remote-desktop sessions remain visible without requiring actual mouse jiggles or keyboard strikes. Because it operates only in the current user session and makes no changes to Group Policy or registry security settings, it provides a non-invasive workaround that respects the letter of IT policy while preventing disruptive mid-task locks. The application is particularly useful in open-plan offices, control rooms, medical workstations, and classrooms where shared PCs revert to the lock screen after only a few idle minutes, yet users must keep documentation or monitoring dashboards in view. Version 5.0 refines the tray-menu interface introduced in the first public release (version 2) and adds an optional audible toggle so technicians can confirm at a glance whether the lock-prevention thread is active. Both editions remain portable, require no elevation, and leave no residual background service once exited. CoffeeBean belongs to the System Utilities category and is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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