Remote command-prompt on a Windows system

While Windows offers a Telnet Server solution, we typically do not recommend this solution for security reasons.

Instead, we prefer the use of PsExec from SysInternals. This utility allows you to execute any command-line program on a remote system or under a different security context (even the System account).

By using PsExec to execute cmd on a remote system, you can create a remote command prompt. PsExec creates a service on the remote system, then removes it when it's finished, meaning not setup is required on the host system, nor is a port open always listening for connections. If your account has Admin privileges on the remote system, creating a remote command-prompt session is as simple as: psexec \\COMPUTER cmd

Note that if you use CTRL-C to break out of a program while in a PsExec'd command prompt, you will actually close the PsExec session -- we frequently run into this while trying aborting a ping!

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