Remotely Controlling a PC

FARGO · 24 Aug 2011 at 15:33

Hey all,

Just intrigued as to whether or not there is any software out there which would allow a user to do things with their PC remotely, say, using an Android phone or similar.

Booting up, powering down, starting/stopping downloads, openning programmes etc.

Just out of curiosity

JonJ678 · 24 Aug 2011 at 16:01

Yes. You can do everything remotely that can be done locally, though booting up can be tricky. Windows tends to go for remote desktop, otherwise there is vnc. Ssh is the answer if you're using a command line.

It's not unusual to control computers entirely remotely, generally with ssh.

loltim · 24 Aug 2011 at 18:50

JonJ678 said:
Yes. You can do everything remotely that can be done locally, though booting up can be tricky. Windows tends to go for remote desktop, otherwise there is vnc. Ssh is the answer if you're using a command line.

It's not unusual to control computers entirely remotely, generally with ssh.

From an android device. Really?

iamtheoneneo · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:04

yes its pretty easy , i can control my pc on both my ipad and htc desire.

Pho · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:30

TeamViewer (awesome) has various clients for different mobiles - you need to have their main software running on the PC you want to control - all free.

bledd · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:52

Teamviewer works on Android, pretty damn well too

loltim · 25 Aug 2011 at 00:45

just tried teamviewer on my sgs2, heaps better than rdp on winmo 6.1

Magic_x_uk · 25 Aug 2011 at 07:31

O/T but if using this process. I take it you cannot physically turn the pc off/on remotely. Is it just put into sleep mode.

Or is there a way of somehow remotely turning a computer on / off ?

RomanNose · 25 Aug 2011 at 07:57

Magic_x_uk said:
O/T but if using this process. I take it you cannot physically turn the pc off/on remotely. Is it just put into sleep mode.

Or is there a way of somehow remotely turning a computer on / off ?

You can turn it off but not back on, but you can unsleep with a magic packet.

FARGO · 25 Aug 2011 at 11:27

Thanks very much for the replies

I'll have a look at all the apps/software which have been mentioned so far.

Xelene · 25 Aug 2011 at 14:11

There's VNC clients for mobiles too, I control my media centre with my iphone.