How can I view the open ports of a remote machine?
thehorse13, already informed you. Again, it's

Simpy get your hands on a port scanner and aim it at the server.
A few good ones for Windows 2000/XP is nmap (my favorite) www.insecure.org

GFI LanGuard, and also, Retina, both from www.download.com aswell as Microsoft security basline security analyzer from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsahome.mspx

All these applications are excellent for what your trying to do cheers,