Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Enabling Telnet on Windows 10

Telnet is not enabled by default.  

You might see this when you try to use Telnet:
'telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

It means that Telnet was not activated on the PC.


Activate Telnet as a windows feature

Open apps and Features


Click the "Programs and Features" text on the right.
 The Programs and Features window will appear.

Click "Turn Windows Features On or Off" on the left.
 The "Windows Features" window will appear.

Scroll down to Telnet Client.
Click to check the box next to Telnet Client.

OK your way out.

Check that Telnet works

Open Command Prompt 

Enter the command:
telent



This will connect to the PC's telnet port.  The Microsoft Telent client will be displayed.
Enter q to quit and return to the command prompt



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