There is a brand new Windows 10 PC on the other side of the world for which I'm the go-to guy when things go wrong. It would be nice if the PC was sending me it's temperature, memory usage, etc so I could spot trends before the ship hits the iceberg. At home I expect to receive data from MQTT into…

Well, you can run Telegraf on Windows not just Linux and that might be a good starting point. Windows itself has a number of built in monitors though some of them may require W10 Pro or Enterprise not W10 Home. I'd start with Telegraf to see if that will capture what you want. Then you need to get…

Thanks Julian. I think I've heard of Telegraf but I was probably confusing it with the messaging app Telegram(?) I have installed it to investigate what I can do with it.

[image] jbudd: It would be nice if the PC was sending me it's temperature, memory usage, etc so I could spot trends before the ship hits the iceberg. At home I expect to receive data from MQTT into Node-red and then to a database, but I'm wondering what other people would run on the monitored m…

[image] craigcurtin: Glances as a low impact way to get the info you want -but as Julian noted Telegraf is good also I've not measured the processes carefully but I can say that since Glances is Python based, it isn't a bastion of efficiency.

Ha Ha - thats gold !! I get the feel that the OP is supporting a parent or sibling remotely so probably not power users ! Craig

[image] craigcurtin: I get the feel that the OP is supporting a parent or sibling remotely so probably not power users ! Wait, what are you saying about my parents and siblings? :thinking: Though I confess that I vetoed any components with "gamer" or "rgb" in the name and restricted the powe…

There will be zerotier between this system and mine. I'll take a look at Glances too, thanks. After a couple of days hurling invective at Windows Powershell (trying to install things) I have renewed my oath never to buy another MS product. I know I've put Node-red on PCs before but I'm blowed if …

Why not just put in one of the packaged up NRs that a couple of the guys provide - there was a thread on here just the other day But yes PowerShell is not for the faint hearted ! Whatever you put in - make sure you whitelist it with whatever AV software they are running Craig

Hey forgot about this one which gives you the remote control and remote stats etc [RPort - an open source, self hosted Remote Machine Management System running on Linux!] Craig

Interesting tool. RPort is free remote access & remote management Though I have to say that the sheer volume of spelling mistakes on the website doesn't exactly fill me with massive confidence. The documentation appears to be better than the website itself though. And they get a :white_check_mark: …

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It seems to me the common factor here is Windows.

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