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Answer» Hi Everyone! Hopefully this is the right place for this question. I'm an experienced PC user but only now I'm starting to wrap my head around Cloud SERVICES and solutions. I work as a Mechanical Engineer, and I rely on a lot of high-end engineering applications to perform my work. These applications also require a lot of resources, like fast processors and big chunks of data. What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet. Meaning, if my computer eventually breaks down or was lost or stolen, I'm able to access my OS immediately through a Cloud / VPS service / Virtual Machine, and can carry on the work like nothing happened. Are there solutions like this, and if yes, what would you recommend? And most importantly, are these solutions safe? Thank you! Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 09:34:07 AM What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet. Looks like you left a word out of your sentence at "... allows me to my whole ...". Numerous options for cloud file STORAGE are available, some free and some fee-based. I'm using Microsoft's OneDrive as a location for some of my files so that I can access them from any computer connected to the internet, including my Android tablet. For more info, this PC Mag article MIGHT be HELPFUL: What Is Cloud Computing? Some of the cloud storage services feature synchronizing files between your computer(s) and your cloud storage. If you want to remotely control your computer, I think you need to consider using services such as GoToMyPC and TeamViewer. Article: 5 ways to access and control your PC remotely Hi soybean, Thanks for your answer. Yes, I meant "allows me to have my whole Windows 7 OS as it is through the internet. I understand that there are cloud based solutions for file storage. However, I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud. Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 12:37:12 PM I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud. That option does not exist. Windows 7 is not designed to run somewhere in the cloud. The closest you can get is probably Windows Azure, but using Windows 7 Pro or Home in a "cloud" environment VIOLATES the EULA so you can't use them there. Windows 7 Enterprise N, however, is currently available through Azure and would run via the Cloud. Windows Azure is rather pricey, however.

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Hi Everyone!

Hopefully this is the right place for this question. I'm an experienced PC user but only now I'm starting to wrap my head around Cloud SERVICES and solutions.

I work as a Mechanical Engineer, and I rely on a lot of high-end engineering applications to perform my work. These applications also require a lot of resources, like fast processors and big chunks of data.

What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet. Meaning, if my computer eventually breaks down or was lost or stolen, I'm able to access my OS immediately through a Cloud / VPS service / Virtual Machine, and can carry on the work like nothing happened.

Are there solutions like this, and if yes, what would you recommend? And most importantly, are these solutions safe?

Thank you!
Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 09:34:07 AM

What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet.

Looks like you left a word out of your sentence at "... allows me to my whole ...".

Numerous options for cloud file STORAGE are available, some free and some fee-based. I'm using Microsoft's OneDrive as a location for some of my files so that I can access them from any computer connected to the internet, including my Android tablet. For more info, this PC Mag article MIGHT be HELPFUL: What Is Cloud Computing? Some of the cloud storage services feature synchronizing files between your computer(s) and your cloud storage.

If you want to remotely control your computer, I think you need to consider using services such as GoToMyPC and TeamViewer. Article: 5 ways to access and control your PC remotely
Hi soybean,

Thanks for your answer. Yes, I meant "allows me to have my whole Windows 7 OS as it is through the internet.

I understand that there are cloud based solutions for file storage. However, I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud. Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 12:37:12 PM

I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud.

That option does not exist. Windows 7 is not designed to run somewhere in the cloud. The closest you can get is probably Windows Azure, but using Windows 7 Pro or Home in a "cloud" environment VIOLATES the EULA so you can't use them there. Windows 7 Enterprise N, however, is currently available through Azure and would run via the Cloud.

Windows Azure is rather pricey, however.

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