remote console on windows xp pro

[kilg0r3]

does anybody know of a possibility to connect to a windows xp pro machine via a remote text console? i don't want vnc because i don't need the graphical userinterface, and it is also too clumsy for the 640x480 screen of the accessing computer, my old 486 laptop.

i treid different telnet alternatives but the free one does not work correctly and the commercial ones cost.

win xp runs a terminal service but i don't know how to make use of it. so any help appreciated

cheers kilg0r3

[UGAthecat]

I think you can enable a telnet service on any windows nt based system (nt, 2000, xp pro) that will allow you to connect remotely to a command line using any tcp/ip based telnet client.
a quick google on 'windows xp telnet service' should give you a lot of good info.

edit: apparently the telnet server was a work in progress on NT, but should work just fine from 2000 or win xp pro.

edit again: I completely missed that you already mentioned telnet. Try this for basic information on the telnet service in Windows XP Pro: http://www.theeldergeek.com/telnet.htm
this for basic info about services if needed (including how to enable them): http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
and for some good, basic information on using telnet and getting a telnet client (if you need one), the university of Victoria has provided the world with this: http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/resource/network/telnet.html

[cjv]

Hi,

Im kinda curious, what do you plan to do via a remote console to NT? I personally find NT's command line so limited compared to something like bash, I couldn't possibly do anything useful with it. And by now I bet microsoft has made it so that most administration tools need the GUI. :)

Anyways, not too sure how comfortable you are compiling software, but you should be able to either compile openssh (via mingw or cygwin), or probably find a precompiled binary for Win32.

If I'm not mistaken, the built-in NT telnet server is severely limited. Telnet is something that I would personally avoid at all costs, even if it's over an internal network, I think its better to get into the habit of using ssh. For a great free ssh/telnet client, try Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

XP Pro does have 1 remote desktop connection built-in (Terminal services), but it forces the gui on you, and it's easiest if you run Win32 on the guest, which probably would be painful on a 486. You can put Linux/X on the 486 and use a rdp client, but if you don't know Linux already, it's probably not worth it.

On the topic of remote sofware for Win32, it's kinda ironic that a lot of trojans have more features and are more advanced than most commercial software. I bet you can find something that would be useful to you, but I wouldn't dare run it on my system without disassembling it first. :)

cjv

[gabest]

I would also recommend remote desktop. I had a pentium notebook @100Mhz and the client with the remote view of the other machine did not slow it down a bit. The 640x480 res is really not very big though :)

[kilg0r3]

i am currently trying to learn a bit java. so my purpose is to compile and run simple java programs which is next to impossible on a 486 66mhz with 8mb.

however i found out that win xp pro has an integrated telnet server and how to enable it. it is limited to 2 connections. fortunately i don't need more.