Where the use of a phone app to turn on your PC, using Wake-on-LAN takes a few moments to set up and works pretty much every time, configuring Wake-on-WAN can be an exercise in frustration.

The top two personal computer makers, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., and retailers such as Best Buy Co. Inc., also offer remote tech support services for consumers -- if the machines are ...

If Remote Desktop cannot verify the identity of the remote computer, check the time or date difference and then follow the solutions mentioned in this post to resolve the issue.