Since you need to remotely run an as-yet undetermined program on a Windows box, I'd recommend that you install cygwin on the windows box and set it up to accept ssh connections. Then you can use Net::SSH2 to do whatever you would like. True, it's sort of a sledgehammer to kill a fly, but it will allow you to be more flexible until your requirements are set.

Don't use the cygwin perl though ... just don't