Anyway To Remotely Switch On / Off A Computer
Oct 1, 2009
In the interests of "Energy conservation" is there any sort of device that I could use to remotely power on a computer.
I like to have a home server running - but these days with all the beefed up hardware we could be talking of 200 - 300 watts running all day and night when I'm only logged on for maybe 30 mins a day.
If you take the number of people these days leaving computers running all the time thats a HUGE amount of "Wasted" energy to say nothing of adding to your electricity bills.
There must be some engineer out there who could design a really SMALL device which is connected to your router. When you accessed this it could power on your machine. This device would say consume only 5 watts or so -- still not zero but a HUGE improvement over having the computer powered on all the time.
Mind you these days in W. Europe - at least outside Germany whoever does Engineering anymore unfortunately. - A device like this however could make you HUGE bucks though.
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Aug 10, 2011
Whenever I switch user accounts the computer will start the switch and then lock up with a display message that says no signal on the monitor. It happens if the computer has been running for hours or only a couple of minutes. I have to shut the PC off and leave it off for 20-30 minutes. I can then restart and enter any user account. But if I try to switch user or logoff and pick a different user the whole cycle begins anew.
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Jan 16, 2012
I've maxed out my machines RAM and I'm running out of ram at times and hitting hard drive I/O bottle necks. I'm running a setup with 3 monitors on a 2.7Ghz i7 with 16GB of RAM. I'm thinking I could setup another computer, connect to it over the network and have something setup so that much of the time one of my monitors is a remote connection to that computer. Basically giving me the power of another full computer at my same workstation without having to have another physical computer / keyboard / mouse here. I'm going to test the setup with Team Viewer and see how that works to operate a second computer on my network.
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Mar 19, 2011
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Nov 3, 2011
My computer at work was upgraded this week. I am now unable to use my remote Desktop Connection. I follow the same procedure I have always used but now get a window askihg for my credentials. I enter my user name and password but then get a window stating " Your Credentials did not work ".
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May 26, 2011
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Mar 1, 2012
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Aug 6, 2012
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Mar 31, 2010
How do you unlock a computer (Windows 7 Enterprise) that has been locked by the previous user and "Fast User Switching" has been turned off? A little more details:The desktop reads, "Press Ctrl, Alt, Delete to unlock this computer" and below that its displays the user who is currently logged in and locked the computer. When you do press Ctrl, Alt, Delete to unlock the computer you are presented with an icon of the user account, the user's domainusername and a button labeled "Cancel."There is also the button in the lower right corner for "Ease of Access." In this situation, how do you unlock that user account or log that user off?
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Dec 9, 2012
Several days ago, while my computer is at sleeping condition, but hardware yellow switch light is't showing, so I hit the switch,it caused computer shout down, I restart computer, then I found the green light is not showing too, but side yellow light is blinking, what is the problem? and how to repair? My computer is still working in very good condition.
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Sep 30, 2012
Is there a way to remotely control a PC through a wifi or ethernet cabled TV (so I can use the TV as a remote monitor w/speakers to stream internet videos, check mail and surf the net?Have PC's, newer wifi enabled TVs and Apple TV & know how I can use the Apple TV box see/listen to iTunes content on my TV, but I what to have access to my PC through the TV.Should think this was a piece of cake - but I just don't see any solutions out there?(I can use a fixed Ethernet cable if needed, but I already have very strong wifi signal everywhere.)
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Feb 26, 2012
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Oct 19, 2011
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Jun 19, 2011
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Mar 28, 2011
Being able to remotely control your computer is an age old geek trick. But what about changing BIOS settings or installing an operating system remotely? With Intel AMT KMS this is within reach for any geek with the right hardware. Intel vPro is a management platform built into Intel processors and other hardware that allows companies to manage their desktops and laptops out-of-band (OOB). That means the computers can be managed no matter if the computer in on or off, and even if the operating system has failed or there is no hard drive present. With Core processors Intel introduced Active Management Technology (AMT) 6.0 which introduced a slew of new features including Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) Remote Control. This means that with the right hardware configuration you have full remote access to your computer no matter what state it�s in. Most geeks are familiar with VNC software that runs inside your operating system, but Intel AMT KVM runs at a hardware level which allows you to go remote with your computer in the case of a total system failure or even without an operating system installed. Let�s get started and set up Intel AMT KVM so you can go remote with your computer.
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Sep 13, 2011
My issue is that I am trying to Remotely Login to several computers that are in various locations, and then have these remote compters VPN to other networks so they can process some data. I can connect to the computers remotely jsut fine. I am also using NCP secure client to VPN to the works network. However the NCP session on the remote computers say they are connected, when I try to connect wiht my oracle client to the server I get an ora-12154 error as if there is no vpn session to my works network.
My machines are all Windows 7 64 or 32 bit. They all are connecting to the network using NCP client. I am remotely logging in to them using LogMeIn.com (Also tried the windows remote session).
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Jun 29, 2012
I primarily use two desktops for my work in my house. They both access the same Internet via ethernet cords, and they are always on. I often switch between the two desktops, which means I have I re-open all my programs.
I want both desktops to share everything they do(something I open on one computer opens remotely on the other).
How can this be done? I am open to any software(ie:both desktops also have Linux)
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Jul 19, 2011
My laptop connects to my desktop wirelessly allowing me to watch stuff stored on it and do other things. Recently, I started using the power settings so that after 30 minutes the computer goes into one of the sleep modes at which time access is shut off to the laptop. Is there anyway the laptop can prevent the power settings from taking effect when it is already connected?
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Feb 23, 2012
I have a classroom that we need to log in as a local admin (the exam software needs administrator privelidges to work correctly) and I was wondering if anyone could come up with a solution to save me having to go to each machine and log them in indevidually.
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Mar 9, 2011
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Oct 4, 2012
I have a Dell Dimension with 5150 with 2 Gig of RAM installed running Win7 64-bit and has been running it a couple of years. All of a sudden now it allows one to login, but after a few seconds the screen goes black and the K/B and mouse stop responding. The power light on the monitor goes from green to amber and the PC keeps running.
If I boot the PC up and not login, it will run forever. I can remote in to the PC at this point and it works fine. The PC is mainly used by a user who remotes into if from a branch office, so that works out ok. This user comes into the office on Thursdays though and today we discovered the problem.
I can also boot the PC into safe mode and it will run forever. Only when I log in regularly at the PC does it "lock" up on me. Once that happens I have to power it off and turn it back on to get it to work again.
I checked to see if anything new was installed...nothing. I checked the latest updates installed, which was 09/20/12. I uninstalled one of the security updates to see if that had an effect...nada.
I've checked the Dell website for drivers. They of course do not show any drivers for the 5150 running Windows 7, but as I said before this PC and at least five others here at the office have been running just fine until this problem was noticed today.
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Sep 3, 2011
I currently run windows 7 home premium on both my PC and laptop (64bit). I wish to remotely access the PC from the laptop via the home network. As home premium does not support this should I upgrade to windows 7 professional to get6 this facility or purchase seperate software?
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Aug 9, 2011
Company I work for just started implementing Windows 7. Since change from XP we (local IT) lost possibility to use command "runas /user:. "explorer /separate" " which we used to remotely connect to network drives which normal users dont have access to (drives with applications, updates, drivers etc.). I'm looking for a way to remotely open explorer window with admin rights. Is there a way to do so? Right mouse click + shift -> run as different user doesn't work.
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Nov 13, 2012
i need to know where all the settings are that might shutdown/power off my PC.Already i have found and changed:
settings that power down my wireless network usb and harddrive - off
ability to power off all usb ports - off
sleep mode - off
i have made max remote access 30days. what are some other settings that may suspend or logoff or power off my pc and stop it from downloading?
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Feb 10, 2010
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If I RDP to a system older than Windows 7 OS, the CTRL-ALT-END works on the RDP log in screen to bring up the Windows Security window to reboot. But it doesn't work for Windows 7 system! I have a Windows 7 Ultimate system that I need to restart remotely from the RDP login screen but I just can't.
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Jan 15, 2013
I'm a newer admin to a company. Before I got here, all of the employee PC's had the users set as adimins on their assigned PC's. Now My bosses want admin rights removed from everyone, except for about 4 employees. Is there any way I can do this silently?
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Feb 13, 2013
I am part of a large organization that has a large amount of computers on our domain controller. I have Administrative rights to the computers only, and network access rights on our network. I keep a number of computers up to date, including various 3rd-party programs (i.e. java, flash, etc), and I currently manually remotely connect to each computer and install the updates to the programs from a network share, then run Windows update, select all the critical updates (as well as all the applicable optional updates), then disconnect and move on to the next one. Needless to say, time quickly adds up.
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Aug 16, 2012
I'm trying to access this IE History for a remote user and I can't. I click on the Hidden folder but it won't open. I have full admin right to the box. It seems the only History folder I have access to open is my own.
I have tried under a local admin account and domain admin account and both fail. I have also tried to access on the machine and remotely still unable to open folder.
Using the following address to access the folder..
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Dec 23, 2011
Thats my computer settings. Currently my computer is running Windows 7 x86? How to I change it back to x64?
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Aug 5, 2012
Hey I have an old Acer notebook with windows starter on it. I'm getting a new PC next week but it does not have an OS. I heard you could switch an OS from 1 PC to another. I don't mean swap the hard drive. I think your able to switch the product key. If i can how can i do this and will my new PC be good to go?
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