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dashUK · 03-23-06, 08:18 PM

Hey all!

My question is very simple. I have just gotten myself an Axim x51v (and very lovely it is too :love:), and plan to use it lots here at uni to access files on my laptop using network sharing. Mostly to listen to music before bed I suspect *g* (Laptop is pretty much used as a desktop when I'm in the flat, its in the lounge plugged into my TFT, keyboard and mouse, speakers, etc, and unplugging everything to take it to the bedroom is a pain).

My trouble is that I don't really fancy leaving the laptop on all night, that way hotness and a shorter life lies, so I'd like to be able to shut it down across the network, and was wondering if there was a simple PPC app to do this.

I realise I could just use VNC/TSC, but this seems like a very bloaty solution for something so simple. I have a file server back at home, and have handy shortcuts on my laptop's desktop linking to the "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe" with the appropriate commands to reboot or shutdown the server, basically I was thinking that some enterprising soul out there must have coded something similar for PPC, and figured if anyone knew you guys would :approve: :hide:

Cheers for your help folks :)

03-23-06, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
dashUK Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Simple remote shutdown tool? Hey all! My question is very simple. I have just gotten myself an Axim x51v (and very lovely it is too :love:), and plan to use it lots here at uni to access files on my laptop using network sharing. Mostly to listen to music before bed I suspect g (Laptop is pretty much used as a desktop when I'm in the flat, its in the lounge plugged into my TFT, keyboard and mouse, speakers, etc, and unplugging everything to take it to the bedroom is a pain). My trouble is that I don't really fancy leaving the laptop on all night, that way hotness and a shorter life lies, so I'd like to be able to shut it down across the network, and was wondering if there was a simple PPC app to do this. I realise I could just use VNC/TSC, but this seems like a very bloaty solution for something so simple. I have a file server back at home, and have handy shortcuts on my laptop's desktop linking to the "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe" with the appropriate commands to reboot or shutdown the server, basically I was thinking that some enterprising soul out there must have coded something similar for PPC, and figured if anyone knew you guys would :approve: :hide: Cheers for your help folks :)