Free control network computers software for windows

Active Network Monitor lets system administrators gather information from every computer on the network without installing server-side applications. You can even take snapshots of the systems and network status for future comparisons and change tracking.
Features:
- Use the growing list of plug-ins for gathering important information from the remote computers.
- Scan network computers by types (Server, Workstation, SQL Server, etc.).
- Scan network computers by names (you can select computers either from the network tree or load a predefined list from the file).
- View information immediately from a plug-in, rather than wait for a scan process of all your computers to be completed.
- Save retrieved information into the project in the special folder or into the external file.
- Load previously saved information from the project or from the external file.
- Export retrieved information into the CSV or TXT file.
- Compare two previously saved projects or external files using special simple to use Compare Wizard.
- Save compare results to the external file.
- Easily navigate through the compare results using special buttons.
- And much more!
Enhancements:
- Added new plug-in - Performance Information. It retrieves information about the operating system resources (memory, CPU usage, etc.).
- The Security Patch Analyzer plug-in now reports about the default permissions provide the Everyone group with Full access on the system root folder. The Windows 2000 default permissions could enable an attacker to mount a Trojan horse attack against other users of the same system.
- Minor internal improvements.

Network Watcher (or only Watcher) is windows application that helps you catalogue network computers and monitor their state. It now supports (or will in near future) various notifications - desktop message, net send, mail, etc when something happens, provides you with possibility to send Wake On Lan signal to some computer. You can use it also as a simple catalogue of your network. All data about machines is stored in XML file. It features:
-Easy to use windows interface
-Manually add one computer or automatically scan some network segment
-Organizing computers in groups
-Import data from other people
-Various notifications when some computer go online or offline
-Identification of NIC vendor

ManageNetwork 1.1offers users a chance to take control over the network effectively.

Major Features:

1. Change some IP settings of remote computers such as DNS, WINS, Gateways, IP, and Mask.
2. Disable/enable remote computers Floppy Disks.
3. Check removable USB drives connected to remote computers. No need to install programs at clients.

Requirements: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

Home Control 1 is such an easy-to-use and handy networked remote control for multimedia programs. The program consists of two parts: server and client. The client program is installed on Pocket PC, which communicate with the server via WiFi network. The server receives commands from the Pocket PC and control multimedia programs using command line parameters or SendMSg Windows function.

The Pocket PC can browse, search and play multimedia files on the server. All program names, file extensions, controls, command line, and SendMsg parameters are included in the config.ini file and can be configured with Home Control Setup program.

Requirements: Windows XP