How to Shutdown your Computer with a Cell Phone

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haha i tried this…looks like it might of worked but i have outlook express and it does not have the option to “start application” which i think is in step four…so close…yet so far! but definatly cool trick. If anyone has any hacks to include this option please let me know!

Haha, that’s really clever. Never thought of that.

@Larry: Try installing a proper client, like Mozilla Firebird or Microsoft Office Outlook.

i cant make an account on microsoft outlook. it cant log onto outgoing server. how do i fix it?

Ummm…Did you set up the email client correctly to work with your account?

Cool stuff 2 know

Wouldn’t it be easier to just text your email account and skip kwiry all together?

hmmm….well…try it a different way? downgrade to xp or wait until windows 7?

plzz email me cool and easy hacks,.thnx

Not sure if this will work. I will have to watch it a couple more times and try it out. I am wondering if I send you a e-mail with that subject line or even e-mail pop3 packet shaping to accomplish this I could just randomly shutdown your computer. So if you do this don’t tell your friends

When you setup your rule be sure and add a rule to only use your number, if your an AT&T customer when you send your email address a text message it comes from “YourCell#@txt.at&t.net” if you set this as part of your rule you would not have to worry about anyone other then your number shutting your computer down.

Thanks a million for sharing this.

neat, turn back on with a text, then ill be impressed xD

yes, I suppose you could do that.

Just tried this today (1/6/10). This service is apparently shut down. The notice I received from the feedback-email address is the service was sold and there are no published plans to bring it back to life. Nice try.

I’m with you Larry- I have Outlook Express and it was quite disappointing to get all the way to the end and realize that “Start Application” was not an option for creating a new rule…

I think I’ll still use it at work to wake my computer up when I’m coming back from lunch, or a meeting, etc… Could be cool.

Hey, pretty cool job man, I’ve never thought of using my outlook like this even after 6 years MS experties. You open a new window for me. Thanks

nice it worked but there are few countries in which kwiry account aren’t available…. but i figured out a way to do it

Yup, you can just email your account directly.

You’ll have to change the conditions of the rule set up in Outlook, of course.
Saves having to use kwiry.

anybody know how to do this in thunderbird?

You can use just Outlook and Gmail to set it up, you can see how in this video:

http://www.veryangrytoad.com/video/673/Shutdown-your-computer-using-your-cell-phone

Only make the shutdown.bat file the way it is in this video, c:\windows\system32\shutdown -s -f -t 00

Pretty sure you can’t do this with thunderbird. There’s no option to set a rule to start a program in it, or at least none that I can find.

I dont have outlook express but have windows mail, My os dont allow me to install outlook express, There is no option in windows mail to run an applicalion! can anybody inform me about an alternative software for outlook express please.

Hmmm…there’s gotta be a way to do it without use outlook express. Surprising that Thunderbird doesn’t have the option.