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After I posted an article on how to remotely turn on computer from LAN or WAN, I've been getting comments and emails asking me how to remotely turn off computer in a LAN or WAN.

Wake on LAN (WOL, sometimes WoL) is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a shut-down computer to be turned on remotely. Most of new motherboards that has integrated ethernet controller supports this feature. You can enable the Wake on LAN feature in the Power Management section of the motherboard's BIOS.

There's a Windows-specific script called FastPush I just found that allows you to install VNC server onto a large number of computers remotely and silently. These target computers must be running NT, 2000 or XP, and you need admin rights to do this, but if you're looking for the best way to install VNC into your whole LAN, this is it.