Remote desktop

[Insectoid]

I was wondering, is there a code you can type into the command prompt on windows that will allow you to remote desktop another computer over a school LAN on which most things are disabled? I know the shutdown codes because people kept using them in my compsci class last year, and this year, I want to be a step ahead. No, I don't want to maliciously delete people's work as they stare helplessly at their monitors, I just want to piss them off a bit if they do anything to me. Plus, if I ever get more than one computer (more than likely) I want to be able to just run a batch file, thus skipping the dialog box (Which is disabled on most school networks).

~Insectoid

[rdrake]

There's a version of Remote Desktop from Microsoft that you can run inside IE as an ActiveX control. You can try to connect to other computers, but you must know the person's username and password first. Microsoft has gotten somewhat better about security over the years, you can't do the Windos 95-style clicking on the cancel button and logging in anyways trick.

[Tony]

rdrake @ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:31 pm wrote:

There's a version of Remote Desktop from Microsoft that you can run inside IE as an ActiveX control.

This remind me of http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Think-Im-Going-To-Be-Sick.aspx

Quote:

Without any further ado, Janice launched Internet Explorer to show Robert how the Web application worked. It presented a login screen that looked suspiciously like the Windows 2000 login prompt. As she typed in a name and password, Robert realized that it was Windows 2000.

The "Web" application worked by loading the Microsoft Remote Desktop ActiveX component in the browser and having the user run a desktop application on a remote computer.

[agnivohneb]

I would be careful. I created a turing program that when run would run the windows shutdown command. I gave it to some students in my compsci class, just the ones that pissed me off over the semester. Somehow a teacher from another class opened it and thought it was a virus. Put simply I was suspended for the rest of the year (only 3 days left anyway).

[Insectoid]

Well, I figured I wouldn't get the answer that I wanted. the Techsupportforums website wouldn't even tell me how to BLOCK a shutdown command, as that is against the rules. Needless to say, I haven't been back to that website since (though I probably will when looking for what parts to buy for my scratch build project for computer engineering next year).

Agnivohneb, don't save programs like that to the school's drive, save it to a USB!

[[Gandalf]]

rdrake @ 2008-07-30, 5:31 pm wrote:

you can't do the Windos 95-style clicking on the cancel button and logging in anyways trick.

Haha, wow I had forgotten about that. That was terrible.

insectoid, if just looking to launch remote desktop from the command line, try mstsc.

[Insectoid]

Great, this works fine! Now, do I need to put in the computer's name (No problem, it's printed in big letters on EVERY school computer)?

I know that when you run the shutdown dialog, it sends a readable code (shutdown-i.....)to the other computer, which is why that works typed into a batch file. THAT is the code I'm looking for, except it's for remote desktop, and might not exist.

And is there any way to work around the user/password requirements?


~Insectoid

[andrew.]

insectoid @ Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:03 am wrote:

Well, I figured I wouldn't get the answer that I wanted. the Techsupportforums website wouldn't even tell me how to BLOCK a shutdown command, as that is against the rules. Needless to say, I haven't been back to that website since (though I probably will when looking for what parts to buy for my scratch build project for computer engineering next year).

Agnivohneb, don't save programs like that to the school's drive, save it to a USB!

You can block the shutdown command by typing in "shutdown -a" into a command window or the run dialog.