First, I’ll admit this is cross-posted at SuperUser but I decided to also post here as my objective is programming related and this community might have better solution scenarios than just the one I’m thinking of.
I have a Windows 7 computer that is acting as a Media Center so it is always on but not always in use. I would like to be able to log in to this machine remotely and launch some Python scripts that take time to compute.
I sync the scripts and their output using dropbox. If I use Remote Desktop I can get a view of the desktop and use it but the media center view gets blocked (I get the log in screen). If I use LogMeIn, the media center application closes (not compatible with remote use) and both the remote and media center views are the same.
Is there a way to access the computer remotely to launch and monitor the execution of these Python scripts while not disturbing the media center users?
Further searching yielded this which exactly addresses using Media Center and remote connections:
http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3692&Itemid=232