Establishing a connection as an elevated user 

In this recipe, we will establish a connection to a remote Windows computer. We will use the same skills that we learned in previous chapters to make our initial connection to the computer. 

Getting ready

Let's ensure the following prerequisites:

• Your Kali Linux VM is powered up and you are logged in as root
• Your Windows XP VM is powered up

How to do it...

We will now connect to a Windows machine and elevate that connection to a privileged level:

1. Validate the IP addresses of your Kali box and your Windows machine—you should have interfaces on both of your host-only networks on both boxes. In my case, my Kali VM is 192.168.56.10 and my Windows XP VM is 192.168.56.102.
2. Let's ensure we have NetBIOS over TCP enabled in Windows XP. Log in to your Windows XP VM as an administrator and click on Start | Control Panel | Network Connections.

3. Right-click on your Local Area Connection and click on Properties:

Windows network connection screen

4. Click on the Advanced...