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by steve.parkhouse

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I want to start my proxy software remotely. I tried running a batch file on the proxy PC (over the LAN) but it fired up the proxy on my remote PC. Idea is, if the software is not running I can go to any PC and start it up. How do I do that? (AllPC's are W98).

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by erikdr

Netmeeting, VNC (both free) or commercial varieties of remote control software. Then you take over the screen of the remote PC, and can do all there. This is the easiest.

Slightly more complicated is to use the MS Scheduler (part of Pluspack or similar). Have it run some kind of batchfile every 15 minutes or so, and the batchfile launches the proxy (and afterwards kills the semaphore file) solely on the condition that A CERTAIN SEMAPHORE FILE EXISTS ('flagfile). E.g. IF EXIST C:\SEMA\FLAG.TXT.
Now make sure that FLAG.TXT does not exist at the start of the scheduler, but make its directory a share and then remotely put the file there when you need it.

What you want in a direct sense is possible for some kinds of software (batches, services) but solely on the NT/W2K/XP codebase. It is called the NET RUN command. However the two workarounds given should do well enough, I hope...

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by steve.parkhouse

I was hoping to do this with a batch file on the proxy PC, called from the remote PC. Is there a DOS command that will run the command on the proxy PC - not the PC requesting the batch file?

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