How cool it would be if you can monitor it remotely. There are few software that will help you access your office or home computer from anywhere over the internet.

Some tools also come with mobile compatibility so that you can access it from your mobile phone as well.

Now there are few situations that you need to keep in focus while you access you computer remotely.

For instance:

1. You should ensure that you lock your office computer every time you leave it because you never know who accesses it once you’re gone home.

2. You kids may also use your computer when you are out. They are young and you should know what they are up to in your absence.

3. You are performing some activity on your PC and may wish to track the progress from a remotely located computer.

Dropbox remote monitoring

Dropbox is actually a simple tool for accessing your computer remotely. Now if you take a screen shot of your computer’s screen and store it in the dropbox folder then the image is uploaded in the Dropbox website automatically.

Repeat this screen capture method from time to time and you will get a recording of your desktop screen that is visible from any remote computer over the internet or mobile device that supports the software.

The idea behind using Dropbox for remote monitoring is fairly simple.

Here is how you can make use of this method:

The first thing of course you need to do is download the Screen Grabber. It is free screen capture tool that will allow you to save the screenshots in your Dropbox Folder. You can even use SnagIt.

The next thing that you need is a technique that will take screenshots at determined period of time. You can make use of these Autohotkey script* and press it after regular intervals

Loop {Send, {SHIFTDOWN} {F10} {SHIFTUP}
Sleep, 300000}

You can use the default hotkey Shift+F10 for screen grabber. If you are using the script then it will press the hot key and wait for an interval of 5 seconds. As new pictures are captured they are uploaded online simultaneously.

You can run this utility on any computer that you wish to monitor remotely. You will soon have a stream of screen captures in your dropbox as show below. The process is so quiet and simple and no one will notice your activity.