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Windows 7 – Enable Telnet

June 14, 2009

It’s very rare that I use Telnet these days, so it took a long time for me to notice that by default it was not packaged with Windows 7. I did some research and found out that this was also true for Windows Vista. More than likely this was an attempt to make Windows more secure by default, as Telnet is very insecure and whenever you have the choice you should always use SSH. However, with that being said, you can quickly re-enable Telnet by following these steps:

  1. Start
  2. Control Panel
  3. Programs And Features
  4. Turn Windows features on or off
  5. Check Telnet Client
  6. Hit OK

After that you can start Telnet via Command Prompt.

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  3. thanks!!! I’m working on my ccna and I was stunned that win 7 did’nt have telnet by default..

  5. Just got a new PC from our helpdesk after my XP box cratered and your steps to enable TELNET were spot-on! Thanks very much!

  24. “An error has occurred,not all features were installed corectly”. Why my OS is telling me that?:|

  27. Man you are a star!! you saved my time, which I will be spending on reading books,

    Information is really helpful

    Lucky

  29. is there any downloadable executable Telnet? as i trying to use Telnet in a non admin account in a computer lab 😀

  30. Much thanks, the Windows support site was too cagey to give direct help. Glad you posted!

  32. @techmostwanted – Yes, you can download and use PuTTY to connect to telnet. It’s the standard for SSH but also works with other protocols.

  40. Thank you very much. It was very helpful and the stepwise guideline worked fine without ant difficulty for my laptop. Thanks again.

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