in reply to Simple Windows32 Question

Depending on how complex your task is, look into psexec, or the rcmd service that was with old resource kits. In the w2000 days, there was even a telnet service, not sure of current status.

On the perl (controlling) side, if you get the telnet service enabled, you can use the Net::Telnet module, or use backticks for psexec or rcmd.

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