WINDOWS XP + WINDOWS 2003 TELNET SERVER - SETUP ----------------------------------------------- Windows 2003 comes with a telnet server that gives you a way to access a DOS prompt from remote machines via 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. Run these commands as administrator from DOS: sc config TlntSvr start= auto sc start TlntSvr tlntadmn config sec=-NTLM tlntadmn config mode=stream 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. If you need to login as a domain user, use the "domain\username" syntax when logging in, eg: Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Service login: mydomain\john password: <john's-domain-password> WINDOWS 2000 TELNET SERVER - SETUP ---------------------------------- Windows 2000 (Professional, etc) also comes with a telnet server. 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. If you need to login as a domain user, use the "domain\username" syntax when logging in, eg: Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Service login: mydomain\john password: <john's-domain-password>