Marco Polo for Windows

Question

Marco Polo is an Apple solution which "knows" where you are and configures your networking, printers, shares, proxies etc... Basically anything that can change when you change location.

Windows 7 has basic support for printers - but is there anything that can provide the same experience as Marco Polo?

Answer 1

I've also been looking for this kind of program.

The best I've found is Jarvis. It is still in early stages of development but looks hopeful.

Answer 2

Some of the software bundled with the wireless card/laptop can do this. Dell QuickSet has the ablility to set default printers, change network config, etc when it detect a change to the network connection. You can also have it run a program you designate, so you can script any other changes necessary, or launch a VPN client if you are not on the corp network.

I had a batch file for each envirnment that connected the appropriate shares for home/work/other, and also swapped out the hosts files to allow me to point outbound mail at an alias that would resolve to the correct SMTP server for whatever network I was on.

Answer 3

You'll find other alternatives here: http://alternativeto.net/software/netprofiles/?platform=windows

Answer 4

Jarvis sounds interesting, but it looks like its development has stopped. Also, it crashes systematically when I try to add a learner, so not very usable for me.