Login and lock vista.

Is there anyway to have a computer login and lock when it boots up by itself? I will be moving away from my main desktop computer, so I'll have to rely on remote desktop from live mesh to control it for a couple of things.. and I was wondering if there was a way to recover if the power goes out or it crashes.

 

Take a look at Windows Resources Kit. You can then make many apps running as services, thus not needing to even logging into Windows.

Power goes out: use a UPS (uninterrupted power supply).

Crash: hmmmm. A magic wand?

cheers ...

 

It depends on your remote program - from what I know about LM it isn't really a remote system control program per se, and it still has a lot of work. Your potential problem/solution relies on the ability to perform a remote reboot and login if your system goes down for any reason, and many remote programs don't do that. However, professional support remote programs do have that capability.

Since you're obviously not looking to spend any $$, check out the TeamViewer Host version of TeamViewer http://www.teamviewer.com/products/screenshots.aspx
which allows 24/7 Remote Connection to unattended computers. Since it also allows for remote reboot and login capability, if your system goes down for a power blip or other reason, and still ends up in a powered on state, you have the capability to reboot it remotely and then login and do whatever it is you wanted to do.

Personally I use Webex, but it doesn't have a non-commercial free use option like Team Viewer does. The reason I prefer it (as do many Support Techs) is that both remote system and host connect via a Cisco Webex secure server, which negotiates all of the communication protocols, instead of connecting directly to a system through a myriad of ISP servers.