Locked down Terminal Server need command prompt

12-02-08

Part of works server migration has meant that we are working on a new Terminal Server. I liked the old one better because:

  • It had a run command
  • I could view the system drives
  • I could type H: in the address bar and it worked!
  • It had command prompt access!
  • No firefox installed (Hardened IE installed! OMG WTF!)

And the list goes on….. What I find mose stupid is a work for an IT company and they lock the shit down which make us less productive!!

Anyway I got bored and hacked up a batch file that acts as a command prompt, now pretty much every Terminal Server will allow notepad access, so copy and paste this a save a .bat

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Please type your command:
set /p command=
%command%
pause

As for the Firefox issue, get your bum down to portableapps.com and download portable firefox and install it in your home directory ;-)

Happy pinging (or what ever you do)

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