PC Remote Control Home Page

Controlling the computer remotely, is it possible?

Almost everybody today is used to operating a remote control. From the TV, to the DVD player, up to the air conditioner, there are just a few appliances left without their own remote control.

Oddly, this small superfluous but essential device called remote control is not so common in the computer world. Each day the computer is used more and more as a multimedia center, playing music, movies, TV, photographs... Why then not include a remote control like the one included with the appliances the computer is emulating?

The purpose of this web site is to inform the user on different existing solutions so as to control the computer remotely in a simple way.

Where to start:

What is not in a simple way?

'Simple way' means a basic control of basic functions. For example: launch an application, turn volume up/down, fast forward/rew, next/previous track, press of a button, etc.

If what we want is to control the computer from another computer as if we were physically in front of it, then we are talking about another type of solution, sometimes referred to as 'remote desktop'. This web site is not dedicated to this type of remote desktop control, but below there are some links to this kind of solutions:

Handheld remotes for remote control of the PC