How do I get Snowleopard to keep the computer awake when busy?

I'd like the computer to disregard the powersave options when files are being moved from one location to another, a movie is playing, and during any other task in for which interruption isn't preferable.

You can set up your preferences by going to System Preferences ->
1) open Desktop & Screensaver: temporarily set Screensaver to "Never", and
2) open Energy Saver and temporarily set both computer sleep and display sleep to "Never".
You can later change those back to your original settings.

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