Imagine the scene, you've just left home and you've forgotten
to turn your PC off. Tskk.. your local electricity company will be dancing with
joy and your girlfriend could come home to see those "interesting" websites
you've been viewing. What to do ? Do you turn around and go all the way back?
Well, now there's no need, because you can actually turn off your computer (and
a whole lot more) by text message.There's no cost involved, and this tinkernut.com video excellently explains how to do everything. It works using a free website called kwiry.com to convert text messages to email. We found that sending an email directly from your handset (via SMTP or MMS) would obviously cut this step out, however texting is probably the easiest for everyone - even if you've got a Nokia. At the heart of the solution is a simple Outlook message rule which looks for a keyword and then executes a batch file. A batch file is simple enough - it's just a text file certain programs to run, so you can open up a browser, play some music or perhaps more - all controlled via your phone.
Whilst there are more advanced ways of controlling a PC from your mobile, this is a cool free way to do it. Let us know if you're using this to get your computer running anything interesting or inventive with this!
Links - tinkernut.com video tutorial - kwiry.com
Credit - DavidS2 (in this forum post)
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