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Another remote access solution, but with a twist. Instead of installing software & configuring variables, all you do is send an email. An interesting way of making your computer do things when your at home, this should prove useful to a lot of people.

1. Go to [http://www.gianniamato.it/grc/] and scroll down to “How can I get it?” to download GMailRemoteCommand. Save the zip file somewhere on your PC.

2. Open the Zip, and copy GRC.exe somwhere safe. If you like, create a shortcut to it. Run the application.

3. So now you’ve got this window. Enter your GMail login and hit the button.

4. Now you can use it. Send a blank email to the GMail account used with GRC, and in the subject put -

[open]c:\windows\system32\calc.exe[/open] To run a program/script (change the path)
[open]http://www.google.com[/open] To run a webpage (change the URL)
shutdown To shutdown the PC

There are a few pointers to remember -
* Leave the PC on and connected to the internet when you want this to work
* You can run batch scripts & your own programs from this, so you can create maintenance jobs.
* If you use the correct parameters, you can link to a DOS window
* This ones only for Windows – DarWine under OS X doesn’t want to run it

 Have fun with this cool tool