Remotely turning on or rebooting a frozen computer
Problem
I use a remote desktop program (usually Microsoft's Remote Desktop) to connect to a Windows machine everyday. The remote computer has a fixed IP address, and if the computer is on and responsive, I can access it and even reboot the computer remotely if necessary. Unfortunately, if the remote computer freezes (for example, if it gets a blue screen), as far as I know, I can't use a remote desktop solution to restart it. Similarly, if my computer is off, I can't use remote desktop to boot it. I know that one solution is to ask somebody who is physically near the computer to press the reboot or power on button, but I am opening this thread because I am interested in solutions that do not require the physical presence of people to turn on or reboot a remote frozen computer. Is this possible? If so, what are my options?
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Fix for: Remotely turning on or rebooting a frozen computer
Server-grade computers by most major manufacturers have provided these types of management capabilities for many years. Watchdog timers in the BIOS, COM-based Telnet console redirect, IP based COM, remote KVM, etc. For a desktop-grade computer you have a few options: 1) Replace your system with one that has these types of management features (out-of-band management). Intel offers their AMT (Advanced Management Technologies) on the desktop as well, which when adhering to the certain requirement …
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