In my case, I have an old computer I use as a TiVo Desktop Plus server. This presents a problem when one of the old computers that you use for, say, some auto-start task either gets rebooted automatically because of a Windows update or the power goes out or whatever.

Windows’ built-in Remote Desktop Connection software makes it easy to access all of your old computers from your new computer but, traditionally, the old computers that you want to access need to have user accounts with passwords for security’s sake. And every once in awhile you want to access one of your old computers, but not nearly often enough to keep it hooked up to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard all the time. If you’re like me, you have multiple computers scattered about your house - not because you need them but because every time you get a new computer, you can’t bear the thought of getting rid of the one before it.

But for the 2% of you that actually use the information contained herein, I hope you’ll consider removing at least part of the CrunchGear staff from your “People to Punch” list. I’m going to show you a trick that 98% of you will never use.

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