Re: Remotly turning PCs off

In article <xLadnWSM_f4LwCjenZ2dnUVZ8qidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
recursor <recursor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Alan Walker" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:DActf.50106$Cj5.24749@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In news:T9OdnZ5zb5kPqyjeRVnysQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > recursor <recursor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed (subject to snippage)>
> >> "Aosmosis" <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:jKGdnbqr65bltSjeRVnyiQ@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> My brothers insist on leaving their PCs on overnight which I feel is
> >>> a waste. Is there a program that I could place in the shared folder on their
> >>> computers that when I double click would shut the computers down,
> >>> also if any warning msgs came up, I could see them eg "work in MS
> >>> word is not saved, do u want to save it" etc etc
> >>>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/badcl You can do it (and just about anything
> >> else) with PCAnywhere, but it has to be running on all the computers
> >> you wish to control. Ie. your bro's have to agree to it.
> >
> > PCAnywhere is a commercial product, there are plenty of decent open source or
> > freeware alternatives. Google is your friend.
> Really, please do post a link to ones that are actually free (as opposed to
> those offering a free trial but which you WILL pay for later).
>
>
>
Try any of the VNC variants - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC

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