WINDOWS 2000 TELNET SERVER - SETUP ---------------------------------- Windows 2000 (Professional, etc) comes with a telnet server that gives you a way to access a DOS prompt from remote machines, even unix telnet. The following shows how to configure the windows telnet server to work with any telnet client (even unix), and to be enabled so that it comes up automatically after reboots: 0) Login as administrator 1) Go into Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Telnet Server 2) In the DOS window that pops up, run these options, hitting return after each: 3 <-- choose option #3 to change registry settings 7 <-- choose option #7 to change the NTLM stuff y <-- yes, please 0 <-- change the value to 0 y <-- yes, please 0 <-- return to previous menu 0 <-- exit 3) Go into Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Telnet 3a) Set the "Startup Type" to be "Automatic" 3b) Start the service by hitting "Start". (If it's already running, stop it first, then restart it) That's it. You should now be able to telnet to this machine from any windows or unix machine, and login to get a DOS prompt.