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Remotely shut down a computer with a cell phone
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There is something reassuring about the calm competence of Tinkernut.

This video will show you how to shut down your computer from anywhere, using a texting capable cell phone, Microsoft Outlook and a free account from kwiry.com.

Remotely shut down a Windows PC with a cell phone

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BLUDCRIMSON (-4) 3/27/08 1:45 PM
Fantastic video. As long as it doesnt hurt my computer.
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sasukeU425 (-1) 3/21/09 9:22 AM
it will lol didnt you hear him when you finish it it will shut down your computer
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THE-MAIN-PLAYER (2) 3/28/08 10:04 PM
Very Nice Tutorial. Good video.
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Alex1inferno-The Critic (-29) 5/24/08 6:50 PM
Dear Viewers, A am a huge fan of TinkerNut so it was nice to watch another video made by them. I love this video very much, however nothing is perfect. I'm not entirely sure why you would need to do this besides it being entertaining, but I can see some vague reasons why and you need certain applications for this tutorial such as a specific type of e-mail engine. Overall, quite a good video.
Sincerley,
Alex1inferno- The Critic
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freemycatfish (-1) 4/6/09 5:37 PM
Well, if you were doing a looong download of say, a torrent file then you might not want to sit around waiting for it to finish in nine hours time. Being able to shut down the computer like this from a long distance away would be good I think?
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Amie (21) 6/19/08 8:35 AM
I agree with Alex1
excellent vid
well done
make more tinkernut!@
+1
gesela 11/6/08 1:19 PM
fantastic job! nice and i love it.
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haffenden1 (3) 11/16/08 11:24 AM
That's terrific.
+2
joelschuler (3) 11/18/08 5:02 PM
Cool but how do you do this on Windows Mail V6 on vista???
+1
B13 boys 11/26/08 4:44 AM
cool
+1
Gaz 11/27/08 11:21 AM
WOW THAT WAS GREAT
+1
kaz2121 11/27/08 4:41 PM
what about outlook express you cant make it start with an app
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dudestar18 (-2) 4/3/09 10:53 AM
he just wants us to sign up for his email
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Spartan117 4/3/09 6:29 PM
I like it
+1
bayi 4/5/09 9:06 PM
awesome!i like this video!
+2
JCor49 (1) 4/7/09 1:39 AM
Kewl!
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jgw310 4/7/09 8:16 PM
That was totally AWSOME!!!! So doing that works even away from home??
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kodukulakk (1) 5/10/09 10:20 AM
kwiry is closed due to financial problems, No new signups. So what now any substitute instead of kwiry?
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razadada 7/26/09 5:29 PM
a
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ammu 7/27/09 10:34 PM
i am from INDIA. n i cant access kwiriy site ....so can i know any other web site similar to kwiry site.
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Floorg (1) 8/2/09 12:15 AM
I am on Windows vista and the settings are not the same. So i cant find any way to set up the Pop3 account.
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Sac077 (1) 8/7/09 7:49 PM
Well i have Vista witch is different and Kwiry was shut down, but still cool video
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Galeliko (2) 8/11/09 9:02 AM
it is a long proces!!!!
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mandarin 8/19/09 12:04 AM
i can not even play the video .. i will comment later on this topic
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chilis3 (-1) 8/20/09 8:25 PM
This can be done without kwiry. Just create a contact in your phone for your outlook email address. When you set up the rule, have it check the body of the email for shutdown and then start the application. This one here would be nice as a little prank, but you would need access to Outlook on the victims computer. Also, you can have your .bat file do things you want it to do, like shutting down and app instead of shutting down the whole computer, or doing a shutodwn and restart shutdown -r instead of -s.
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pargatsingh (-1) 9/3/09 1:54 AM
i am from india. i like it.
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rokr vaibhav 9/4/09 6:34 AM
i am frm india too ..I like it ,.,,,but i can't do as kwiry is broke...lolz
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vbpeacemaker 9/14/09 3:07 AM
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