View Full Version : Software to shut down your desktopPC via BT/Wifi ?
Jorlin
10-11-2004, 12:02 PM
Is there an application that offers you to shut down your desktop PC remotely via BT or WiFi?
Terminal Service does not seem to work for me. I simply want a small tool that offers you that... there must be one, or not? :|
Sven Johannsen
10-11-2004, 03:46 PM
Is there an application that offers you to shut down your desktop PC remotely via BT or WiFi?
Terminal Service does not seem to work for me. I simply want a small tool that offers you that... there must be one, or not? :|
TS doesn't shut it down, or you can't get TS to work? You need XP Pro or a Server OS to connect the TS client to the desktop, but it will shutdown/restart it.
Other OSs try VNC.
Jorlin
10-11-2004, 04:02 PM
TS doesn't shut it down, or you can't get TS to work? You need XP Pro or a Server OS to connect the TS client to the desktop, but it will shutdown/restart it.
Other OSs try VNC.
On my laptop WinXP Home is installed :(
@VNC: I have tried it. My laptop runs a 1600*1200 screen with a colour depth or 32bit. This causes VNC viewer on the PPC to tell me that there is not enough memory to display the desktop. In addtion to that (when I lower all settings) it takes ages for the desktop to display...
I am looking for a fast and easy mothod. I cannot believe that there is no small tool that can do it easily... Why didn't anybody think of that yet?
:'( ... very disappointed...
OSUKid7
10-11-2004, 08:26 PM
Can't you do that via the shutdown command via telnet? Maybe I'm wrong...haven't used telnet in awhile.
Jorlin
10-11-2004, 08:33 PM
Can't you do that via the shutdown command via telnet? Maybe I'm wrong...haven't used telnet in awhile.
Can you tell me what I have to do for that?
OSUKid7
10-11-2004, 08:41 PM
Can't you do that via the shutdown command via telnet? Maybe I'm wrong...haven't used telnet in awhile.
Can you tell me what I have to do for that?Well, first I (and/or someone else) should check if I'm remembering correctly.
If you can indeed do that, you'll need a telnet client for Pocket PCs...I don't have one, but I'm guessing they're available.
Sven Johannsen
10-11-2004, 10:04 PM
I am looking for a fast and easy mothod. I cannot believe that there is no small tool that can do it easily... Why didn't anybody think of that yet?...
Because no-one thought there was a need? I can understand wanting to control the box, make changes, even restart, but why would you want to turn it off remotely, other than having forgotten to do so before you left? Really, I'm curious about the need.
And for Telnet does a typical PC support hosting a Telnet session in the first place?
OSUKid7
10-12-2004, 12:29 AM
And for Telnet does a typical PC support hosting a Telnet session in the first place?I think so. Windows XP Pro certainly does. I'm fairly sure home does too, as well as Windows 2000. It's a service, disabled by default.
I played around with it this afternoon and wasn't able to do it as I thought I could, but this still may be the way to do it. Anyone else know?
Jorlin
10-12-2004, 12:40 AM
Because no-one thought there was a need? I can understand wanting to control the box, make changes, even restart, but why would you want to turn it off remotely, other than having forgotten to do so before you left? Really, I'm curious about the need.
I simply want to do the following:
Listen to music in my bed from my latop (I have connected it via digital output to a speaker system - so it is my hifi system). I am using RemoteAMP for controling WinAmp from my PPC but when I want to sleep, I simply do not want to get up again to turn of my laptop...
That is why I want such a feature - just a littel program that does this job...
Sven Johannsen
10-12-2004, 02:26 AM
Because no-one thought there was a need? I can understand wanting to control the box, make changes, even restart, but why would you want to turn it off remotely, other than having forgotten to do so before you left? Really, I'm curious about the need.
I simply want to do the following:
Listen to music in my bed from my latop (I have connected it via digital output to a speaker system - so it is my hifi system). I am using RemoteAMP for controling WinAmp from my PPC but when I want to sleep, I simply do not want to get up again to turn of my laptop...
That is why I want such a feature - just a littel program that does this job...
OK, makes sense. If nothing is running on the laptop, can't you set it to shut down the screen, and go into standby after 30 minutes or so, if we don't find a real geek way?
Vially
10-12-2004, 07:50 AM
I have the same problem. I'm browsing from my confortable bed, but when I go to sleep, I have to go turn off the computer, which is a pain in... It really should be something out there to help us do this :(
Jorlin
10-12-2004, 11:05 AM
OK, makes sense. If nothing is running on the laptop, can't you set it to shut down the screen, and go into standby after 30 minutes or so, if we don't find a real geek way?
Well, that would be a last way... but then I do not have any control over it.
Maybe I should just update to WinXP prof... :'(
Go to download.com and search for "SwitchOff"....it has a tiny wap server where you can log in and control it. One of the best free softwares I have ever use. Hope that help.
OSUKid7
10-13-2004, 09:19 PM
Go to download.com and search for "SwitchOff"....it has a tiny wap server where you can log in and control it. One of the best free softwares I have ever use. Hope that help.Hmm, I searched download.com and din't find it. Searched google though, came up with this (http://yasoft.km.ru/eng/switchoff/default.asp). :)
Go to download.com and search for "SwitchOff"....it has a tiny wap server where you can log in and control it. One of the best free softwares I have ever use. Hope that help.Hmm, I searched download.com and din't find it. Searched google though, came up with this (http://yasoft.km.ru/eng/switchoff/default.asp). :)
Yup!! That's the one. Sorry it should be searched under "Switch Off" for anyone who's still want to try it at download.com.
Make sure to forward the appropriate port if you plan to connect via wap.
OSUKid7
10-13-2004, 09:46 PM
Make sure to forward the appropriate port if you plan to connect via wap.Do you have to enter a UN/PW to logon to the remote machine? I didn't see that mentioned anywhere, so that's very insecure via WAP (Internet).
Yes you have to enter your UserID and Password. To set this got to "Option"==>"Remote Control" where you would set your port , ID and Pass.
OSUKid7
10-13-2004, 11:48 PM
Yes you have to enter your UserID and Password. To set this got to "Option"==>"Remote Control" where you would set your port , ID and Pass.Cool. May give this a try. Not sure how much I would use it though...don't turn off my computer often.
JimPAQ
10-14-2004, 06:25 PM
If you're running XP you can run the following command to reboot your remote computer...
tsshutdn.exe 0 /REBOOT /DELAY:1 /V
I needed to reboot my desktop from my laptop via remote desktop, so I added this command to a batch file called reboot.bat and just started calling it when I wanted to restart the desktop.
A couple of additional unrelated notes I found while researching this...
If you want the computer to boot up faster on XP and 2000 you can change the startup/shutdown setting to boot the computer faster. On XP you do this...
From the Control Panel double click System
Under Startup and Recovery click Settings
Change "Time to display list of operating systems: " to 1 or something small.
Also, if you are running Windows XP on a desktop and you want to use "Remote Desktop" from another computer that is running Windows 2000 (this is the setup that I have) you can copy two files from your Windows XP computer to your laptop which runs the Remote Desktop client. Copy the mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll files from your windows\system32 directory to the Windows 2000 computer and that's it. Make sure you have remote desktop turned on on your desktop computer first of course.
--Jim
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