Methods and systems to allow an authorized user to remotely awaken, boot, and login to a computer in a secure manner. The user and computer may communicate using a short message service. (SMS). The user may communicate with the computer using a mobile device, such as a smart phone. The user may initially provide a wake-up message to the computer, which may then respond by asking for one or more boot passwords. In an embodiment, these boot passwords may be basic input/output system (BIOS) passwords that are required for the loading and operations of the computer's BIOS. The user may then provide these one or more passwords to the computer. The computer may further request an operating system (OS) login password. The user may then provide this password to the computer. In an embodiment, all passwords may be provided to the computer in encrypted form. Moreover, authentication measures may be used to provide assurance that the user is legitimate.