pc-control

Network-controlled Windows commands (volume, media, sleep, lock, display) exposed over HTTP with SSDP discovery.

Install / uninstall

Both commands need an elevated shell (Run as Administrator). The service runs as your user account, so the install needs your password to grant "Log on as a service".

PowerShell:

$env:SERVICE_PASSWORD = "yourpassword"
npm run install-service

Git Bash:

SERVICE_PASSWORD="yourpassword" npm run install-service

To remove:

npm run uninstall-service

Lock command

The /lock endpoint requires a one-time scheduled task because Windows services run in Session 0, where LockWorkStation is a no-op. npm run install-service creates it automatically. If you installed before this was added, register it manually once (elevated shell):

PowerShell:

schtasks /Create /TN "PCControlLock" /TR "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /SD 01/01/2099 /RU "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME" /IT /F

Git Bash:

schtasks //Create //TN "PCControlLock" //TR "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" //SC ONCE //ST 00:00 //SD 01/01/2099 //RU "$USERDOMAIN\\$USERNAME" //IT //F

npm run uninstall-service removes the task too.

Start / stop

Service name is PC Control. Both shells need elevation.

PowerShell

Start-Service "PC Control"
Stop-Service "PC Control"
Restart-Service "PC Control"
Get-Service "PC Control"     # status

Git Bash

net start "PC Control"
net stop "PC Control"
sc query "PC Control"        # status