How many times a day does a system administrator wish he had an opportunity to watch a live color image of what is going on at any network computer in real time? A sysadmin of a corporate network certainly has his hands full. Giving a helping hand to the employee who is having a technical problem at any given moment is probably one of the most important demands of being an admin, and the most time consuming. So anything that makes the job of remote troubleshooting easier and more effective will probably be welcomed. One technological enhancement that fits that bill is a new software system called Anyplace Control (http://www.anyplace-control.com). Developed by Anyplace Control Software Inc., the program allows a network sysadmin to monitor and control any remote PC in a network giving remote access computer with no need to stand up and walk to the physical location of the specific PC.

The system consists of Admin and Host modules that should be installed on the local computer and a remote one. The product requires both computers to be hooked to each other via the Internet or a LAN. The connection between these PCs can be established in two ways, either via an IP address or a DNS name or over the Internet using an account name and a nickname. In the latter case, the account type of connection allows bypassing routers and firewalls automatically granting remote access computer. Moreover it isn’t necessary to open any ports on the firewall that allows to keep a significant security level. So there is no need neither for users nor for admins to tweak network tuning at all which makes the program an easy to implement one.

After installing the program, administrator just goes about his everyday activities without doing anything special. At any moment, he can start Anyplace Control to get an easy remote access computer in a network, and if there is a need to help a remote user, takes control over remote computer, with his mouse and keyboard as if he were sitting in front of it. admins can move the necessary files between PCs, install new software, restart and shut down remote workstations and do anything else that one would normally do at the local workstationcomputer.

Spheres of Product Application

Anyplace Control is a reasonable alternative to Virtual Private Networks (VPN). Corporate computer networks which are located in the same or different countries can be consolidated into a single common network. Company employees can have full remote access to the necessary PCs of the other branch through the secure communication channel provided by Anyplace Control.

A special helpdesk edition of Anyplace Control enables help-desk specialists to provide remote tech support via the Internet or LAN to the customers who cannot resolve PC failures on their own. A technician can have easy remote access to the customer’s desktop and fix any issue on the remote machine rapidly (reducing the general cost of the help-desk services to the end user).

Corporate networks aren’t the only sphere of product deployment. White collars may find Anyplace Control useful while going to the business trips and taking part in meetings. Such unpleasant situations as missing PowerPoint presentations happen not so rarely as one may think. But issues of such nature are far less annoying when using Anyplace Control. Keeping the laptop open, click on the Anyplace Control icon and get full remote access to the home or office PC established over the Internet. Remote desktop displays the data as you left it, so it is pretty easy to browse to the folder where the presentation is saved, copy the missing file to the laptop using the file transfer option in Anyplace Control or simply start the presentation on remote desktop and let the others watch it on the laptop screen.

Using Anyplace Control, an individual can help relatives and friends to resolve computer issues without leaving the comfort of home chair. The product is also a tool for sharing files with friends. Transferring music, photos or documents directly to the friend’s computer is easy with Anyplace Control.

With Anyplace Control each user, either a home or a corporate one, can find the product meeting to only one’s requirements but budget as well.

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Anyone who has put in many hours, or at times even weeks of effort into work, may know what its like to lose a part of that work, but the worst thing you can do is to be the cause of your own loss. When you leave your computer, lets say for a bathroom break, an emergency meeting, or even to discuss something away from your machine, it may be natural to just walk away and do what you have to do, but I know from experience that this is a habit you should engrave into your computer work ethic just the same as being polite to the CEO of your organization. Allow me to go deeper, it will make more sense by example:

A few years ago, I took a course called ‘Drafting/Design Tech I’. This was a basic CAD (Computer-Aided-Design) class where we learned how to use the software and along the way, the concepts of good CAD-work, understanding of views, and being able to draw anything we saw in any variation. It was a good experience. One of the few things my instructor told the class immediately after explaining how to log in with our user accounts was to lock our computers.

“Hold down the ‘windows’ button, and push ‘L’. This will lock your computer and protect your work.”

Now why would you want protection? Look at condoms and you’ll see why…Okay, so you won’t get AID’s if you don’t lock your computer, but those of us who didn’t heed the advice of my instructor learned the hard way to lock it up. By good nature, lots of us used to love to walk over to each other’s workstations and talk, hang out, and mess around. By the time we came back, one of several things generally happened to our computers:

1. Our directories were cleared out of any and all work we had in them (hours, or rather weeks of hours, of racking your head over something has just gone down the drain), or

2. Our current drawing file was modified (i.e. a few lines being offset, stretched and skewed, thereby throwing off all dimensions, which is especially bad when being graded on dimensions. Even worse is when somebody scales your entire project, so when you actually build a model of your project, instead of a 1/8 scale between the model and full-size, you have a 19/128ths scale. Firsthand experience sucks.)

3. All of our file names were mixed and mismatched, so when we sat down to work, we faced the unique issue of figuring out each time which of the twenty files is which. Lots of fun when you have an upcoming deadline.

4. Any other creative mischief (i.e. turning the screen by 90 degrees, making windows look retro, or even hiding parts of our drawings so they appear deleted and we appear to be redoing it when we come back)

Besides an annoyance ranging from mild all the way up to a promise of an a$s-kicking after class, locking your computer is important for security. From my experience with multiple private networks, leaving your console unattended while in full access can cause many problems for you and the network. One of your peers with lesser access rights may decide to play a joke on another and it doesn’t turn out funny to the one it was being played on. He reports it to his boss. If the ‘joke’ was in any way decided as unacceptable by the boss, guess which two guys lose their jobs? Or even better if there is a visitor from somewhere and suddenly he has access to all of the top-secret files which are sworn by all employees to only stay on facility? Let me express it in one word: espionage. A car just doesn’t sell as well when every other major car-maker sells exact knock-offs of it because some idiot in your business left the designs and assembly plans in easy access.

Windows Button + L

OR

Alt+Ctrl+Delete , then ‘k’

For this to work, you must have a password set on your account. If your account is not password-protected, here is how to make it so:

(All instructions assume that the user has full administrative access rights)

For Windows XP:

1) Click on the ‘Start’ menu

2) Click on ‘Control Panel’

3) Double-Click on ‘User Accounts’

4) Click on your user account name

5) Click on ‘Create a Password’

6) Follow the on-screen instructions

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I want to have a computerized door locking system – to control all of the door locks in my house from one or more places (desktops). How would I go about doing this? It would be nice to be able to hook up a mag-lock through USB or something. It would be even nicer to have some sort of unlocking/locking command-line utility that I could build a GUI around. Anything that will work for Windows, or Linux would be fine.
Thanks.

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my 2009 Impala has a transponder key, when adding new keys to the system what is being programed the new key,,,or the cars pcm

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Free Computer Tips

If you have Windows XP it has built in remote access software that helps you connect to a friends computer, by invitation, to help them by taking remote access control of their computer system. This means you could be in the USA and be helping your friend in Australia to find a solution to his or her computer problems. The technology to gain remote access to basically anyone’s computer is available on most computer users start menu. I regularly give my friends computer support from the comfort of my own home.

What you need to use the Help and Support tool to gain remote access

1. An broadband or cable internet connection.

2. Windows Xp on both computers

3. An email address or be signed into Windows 4. Live messenger.

The easiest way to connect

It is very easy to connect two computers over the internet. One computer can take control and fix problems on the other computer. Following these steps to use the Help and support software that is built in to Windows.

1. Sign in to Windows Live Messenger and have your friend do the same thing.

2. Go to the start menu and choose Help and Support (shown below) Just the computer user that wants to invite does this.

3. The Help and Support Center will appear.

4. Click on Invite a Friend to connect to your computer with Remote Assistance. Located under the Ask For Assistance menu.

5. Then press Invite someone to help you. The window below will appear.

6. Choose your friends name from the Windows Messenger contact list.

7. Click on Invite this person.

8. This will allow your friend to see your desktop. If they want to control your they must press the Take control button and the other person must agree by pressing ok..

Check out the Screenshots for this article at How to connect to another computer. This is what I see when I am in control of my friends computer…I can go on the internet or read their emails etc..

Reasons to use Windows remote help and support

–Your problem is so minor, you do not want to bother an IT support person.

–You cannot afford an It technician, and your know a computer whiz..

–You have already rang software support or your internet service provider and they could not help

–You constantly need desktop computer help and using remote access software is easy!!

Notes:

–If you close the Remote Assistance Window it will disconnect. And you will have to start your remote access again if you want to connect.

–Don’t worry if it is a bit slow because that is normal. The speed of your remote access depends on your speed of both internet connections.

–You can also connect using an email address. The invitation is sent through email.

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