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On Windows OS, with the default settings/installation, telnet service won’t be operational. We need to change certain things to enable/install the feature. The steps are different for XP and Windows 7.
How to install telnet server and client in Windows 7:
In Windows 7, both telnet client and telnet server features are not installed by default. We can add these features by doing the following.
- Launch ‘Windows Features‘ window by running optionalfeatures command from Run.
- Scroll down and select Telnet client and Telnet server features. If you just want to connect to other telnet servers from this computer, then select telnet client only. If you want to run telnet server/service on the computer, then select server feature also.
- Click OK and the selected features will be installed.
Now you can verify that telnet command works. Though telnet service is installed, it won’t be started automatically. You can start the service from Services management console(Services.msc). You can also start telnet service from command line.
How to uninstall telnet server and client
You can follow the same steps as mentioned above. For uninstalling, you need to uncheck the features in the ‘Windows Features‘ window. A reboot is required for the changes to come into effect.
Windows XP/Server 2003:
Start telnet service
![Server Server](/uploads/1/2/6/2/126257693/474103227.jpg)
XP and 2K3 have telnet service but the service is disabled by default. You need to enable and start the service. Open Services management console by running services.msc fron Run and start telnet service. If the service is not running, one would get the following error when making a telnet connection.
C:>telnet my2k3-pc
Connecting To my2k3-pc…Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed
Connecting To my2k3-pc…Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed
Add the service to the exceptions list in the Firewall
If firewall is enabled on your computer, all the incoming connections to the telnet port will be blocked by the firewall. You can resolve this by adding telnet service to the firewall exceptions list. This can be done by doing the following steps.
- Open Firewall by running firewall.cpl
- Click on Advanced tab
- In this window you can see all the network connections available on your computer. Select the network connection on which you want to allow telnet connections.
- Then click on Settings.
- In the new window select the check button for telnet server. Click on OK and close all the windows.
Telnet is one of the famous network protocol widely used to manage network devices and other equipment that support this protocol. If you are a system or network administrator, I’m sure that you know the importance of having telnet client utility on your Windows 7, 8.1 or latest Windows 10 desktop and laptop. For some strange security reasons, latest Windows versions do not come with an installed telnet client. By default, you can’t use Windows 10 or 8.1 to connect other network devices without installing telnet clients utilities. Here is a simple guide shows you how to install and enable telnet on Windows 10 and earlier Windows 7/8.1.
If you search telnet in apps or type ’telnet’ in command prompt, it will return an error message saying ’not recognized as an internal or external command’. Installing the telnet client from the control panel in Windows 10 and 8.1/7 will solve this issue easily.
Installation medium such as CD/DVD, ISO or any other downloads are not required for this purpose, we can simply enable it from the control panel.
To Enable Telnet on Windows 10/8.1 & 7 – Follow these Steps.
1) Go to Control Panel.
On Windows 10, you can use the start button to access the control panel. Right-click on the button and select Control Panel as shown below.
On Windows 8.1 and 8, you can use the charm bar (by moving the cursor to top right corner or press the Windows key + I )from the desktop then select Control Panel. It is easy to access Control Panel from Windows 7.
2) Even though the following screenshots are taken on Windows 8.1, it’s very similar on Windows 10 computer.
In ‘Category’ control panel view, click ‘Programs’.
3) Click ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ in next screen as shown below.
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5) The earlier step will bring a dialog box where you can select extra features to install. Select ‘Telnet Client’ by ticking the box. A small installation will run once you have pressed OK.
That’s it, you do not need to restart the PC after the installation. You have successfully installed telnet client on Windows 10 and 8.1.
Now if you try telnet command in command prompt or search in Apps, you will get the correct telnet prompt as below.
Alternates for Windows Telnet on Windows 10/8.1
The built-in telnet client in Windows Operating Systems is pretty basic. You can’t manage or use it with more devices easily. If you are a professional network administrator, Windows telnet client utility will not be suitable for you. You must have an alternate and professional telnet client in this case.
PuTYY is a great telnet client which is freely available and fully compatible with Windows 10 and 8.1 and Windows 7.
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Here we have listed even PuTTY alternatives that can be used to manage and customize telnet sessions from your computer. I hope this guide would be useful to install telnet client on Windows 10 and older versions. This is the way to install Telnet client on Windows server Operating Systems such as Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016 server versions.