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Jun 15, 2009

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Telnet for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

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Telnet (Telecommunication network) is an ancient network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to connect to remote host and provide a bidirectional interactive command-line interface communications facility. In Windows operating system, Telnet client application software is included to provide telnet capability. Telnet does include in all Windows system, but due to insecure connection security concern, Telnet no longer been enabled by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7, and future Windows operating system.

In order to enable and install Telnet in Windows 7, the steps are easy, and similar to procedures to turn on and enable Telnet in Windows Vista:

• Open Control Panel.
• Go to Programs or Programs and Features.
• Click Turn Windows features on or off.
• In the “Windows Features” dialog box, select (tick) the Telnet Client check box.

  

• Click OK.
• After installation is done, Telnet can be used and called immediately.

If you encounter “An error has occurred. Not all of the features were successfully changed” error message when enabling Telnet in Windows 7, the best workaround is to use third party Telnet client, such as PuTTY, which also supports recommended SSH client, or PuTTYtel, a Telnet-only client.

Related posts:

1. Enable and Install Telnet Client in Vista
2. Install and Enable Telnet Server Service in Windows Vista
3. How to Check if Telnet Is Running on a Server
4. Disable and Turn Off Telnet in Linux
5. Windows Vista KB932063 Hotfix Released to Resolve Wireless Authentication Problems

10 Comments

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  jcloin September 16, 2011 at 3:35 am

  Thank you for providing such a clear and concise answer!

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  Mohammad Misbahul Ha May 12, 2011 at 5:49 am

  thanks for solution.

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  pourya April 25, 2011 at 12:43 am

  Thank you ……….

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  chetan February 1, 2011 at 10:04 pm

  Telnet for Windows 7 and Windows Vista information

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  Steve G. May 22, 2010 at 9:33 am

  Thanks – just the reminder that I needed.

  Steve G.

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  rafael May 16, 2010 at 8:48 am

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  satrya April 29, 2010 at 11:06 pm

  terima kasih ats infonya.. sangat bermanfaat..

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  mohd idris April 12, 2010 at 4:33 am

  Thanks. its work fine!!

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  Dhananjai mishra January 27, 2010 at 6:29 am

  i have done according to your indication but until i m not able to run telnet command…..

  Thanks

  Dhananjai

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  jachavez November 11, 2009 at 7:30 am

  Thanks for the tutorial helped me a lot .. riata pass giving me quite a while trying to run the iis and TELNET thanks

  Friend ..

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