Telnet for Windows Vista & Windows 7

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: January 25th, 2009 | 87 Comments

A while back I noticed that on Windows Vista there was no Telnet, the reason for this is that telnet is not secure and they decided to leave it out because they were trying to update their level of security. In windows 7 it’s the same thing, it has no telnet.

I have now found out how to get telnet on windows vista and windows 7. It is really simple and is done like this:

Open control panel.
Then go into programs.
Then in programs and features there should be a part that says ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ .
Click ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ then on the list that appears simply check the box beside: Telnet Client.
Then click ok.

Then it will simply work as normal. Hope this helps!

I also made a quick video of how this is done.

My First Windows Vista Problem

Tags: enable telnet, how to get telnet on vista, telnet on vista, windows 7.telnet, windows vista

Anil - Reply
March 23, 2009

thnx…
Mujizac - Reply
June 1, 2009

OH…..duh. Haha. Thanks for the obvious answer!
ozza - Reply
July 2, 2009

thx a lot,,
i like,,
leQ - Reply
July 31, 2009

this really help a lot. thanks!
Pete - Reply
August 23, 2009

^_^ thanks, what a silly place to put it. heh
Simon - Reply
August 24, 2009

Most useful, thanks
ShiZiK - Reply
August 25, 2009

Wow, thx man
seemebreakthis - Reply
August 28, 2009

Great stuff! thank you.
sadee choot - Reply
September 12, 2009

gr8 help thnxxx
4ypo4ka - Reply
September 23, 2009

This is actually #1 result in Google for “Windows 7 telnet”. And it helped me, thnx!
neeraj ahuja - Reply
September 29, 2009

thanks it’s very simple
Tufail - Reply
October 1, 2009

thnx for the tip but i tried and failed.
i tried twice and after some process of couple of minites. it gives error that process is not successfull.

anything on this dear.
Sean - Reply
October 2, 2009

Sorry, I have never heard of this problem before. It works fine for me and everyone else that has tried this method.
Ian - Reply
October 8, 2009

Awesome. Straight to the point. Cheers
dan - Reply
October 13, 2009

spot on
Brian Pence - Reply
October 27, 2009

Try SSH instead
Gurj - Reply
November 7, 2009

Perfect, thx
Sanjay - Reply
November 14, 2009

Thanks man!!!
Jody - Reply
November 15, 2009

Great gouge — simple and effective. Well done.
murali - Reply
November 20, 2009

gr8 help even one software engineer also don’t know about that thanks a tonnnn
Lein - Reply
December 3, 2009

Thanks so much… Nice day. ^_^ :rotfl:
gary - Reply
December 11, 2009

Doesn’t work for me. I see that I can get to telnet client by following instructions above but won’t let me into port 23 that I use to get into my ip address at my office from my windows xp computer at home. woner why?
Rajan - Reply
December 16, 2009

wow it works, thank u very much
Mikhail - Reply
January 4, 2010

Works great. Thank you
tom - Reply
January 5, 2010

Brilliant post thank you
durai sebastian - Reply
January 8, 2010

really …. useful information

Thanks,
Durai Sebastian J
berry - Reply
January 12, 2010

thanks.. it’s really help me out;.
purba - Reply
January 13, 2010

thx bro )
gary - Reply
January 16, 2010

Anybody tell me shy I cna’t get it to work. Works fine on windows xp but not from windows7. Says I can’t enter thru the same port I enter into from windows xp :-/
amin - Reply
January 17, 2010

thank you man that was great
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Raghu - Reply
January 27, 2010

Thanks Buddy.
really …. useful information
Arvind - Reply
January 28, 2010

What a Man !!!!!!1
brahamo123 - Reply
February 2, 2010

thanks for sharing ,,, god bless you ,,,
HB - Reply
February 17, 2010

Excellent! Top Google hit and fixed my problem in 30 seconds flat. Thank you.
sudhir - Reply
February 28, 2010

thanks man, can u suggest me some commands so that i can connect to my mail id using telnet cos when i try to connect it gives me an error as it cannot connect
sudhir - Reply
March 5, 2010

SMTP Test:
telnet mail.server.com 25

POP3 Test:
telnet mail.server.com 110
Joel - Reply
March 8, 2010

Awesome. Thanks for this! I went ahead and turned off some other un-needed windows features. (I never knew this feature on/off existed)
alan huffmanc - Reply
March 17, 2010

thanks… works like a charm
margoob - Reply
March 28, 2010

thanx! Worked great!
hello - Reply
April 7, 2010

it worked..now i can do what i want…..haha
Kishan - Reply
April 10, 2010

Thanks buddy, it was helping
vijay - Reply
April 19, 2010

thanq
k3k - Reply
April 20, 2010

Thanks
Leon - Reply
May 1, 2010

the above does not work because the “enable features” window reamins blank at all times. There is no way to enable telnet and GoDaddy are trying to tell me that this is essential for sending emails. I have no problems with any other provider.
- Sean - Reply
  May 2, 2010
  
  The enable features window should fill with all the features including telnet, it works for everyone else, maybe you could try doing it as an administrator if you did not already try it.
Robert - Reply
May 6, 2010

You should check for Polyscript it’s a great telnet and ssh client specially for windows 7.
Muhammed - Reply
May 10, 2010

thanxs for the support
Abdullah - Reply
May 11, 2010

Thanx, it works
bonzzz - Reply
May 12, 2010

Trust me. Its Work!
emma - Reply
May 17, 2010

tks man
jongbyte - Reply
May 25, 2010

absolutely its really work!!!
Zbynek Filinger - Reply
May 29, 2010

Simple and to the point.

Thanks, mate!
Ashish - Reply
June 1, 2010

Thanks!!!
whales - Reply
June 7, 2010

tnx.. really helpful
kamote - Reply
June 15, 2010

amfota! ganun lang pala! thanks! lol
david - Reply
June 17, 2010

This should have been enabled by default (at least for professional version)
Chida - Reply
June 23, 2010

thanks dude it was helpfull to me
vijacdblz - Reply
June 23, 2010

thanks dude
Andy Brandt - Reply
June 26, 2010

Thanks, thanks! This is a simple answer to – it seems – a very common problem.
Groaning Self SysAdmin - Reply
July 7, 2010

Simple but not obvious. Thanks very, very much.
Ismael - Reply
July 12, 2010

Thanks, telnet is now on….
Hemant Shekhawat - Reply
July 14, 2010

Great job microsft……. adding complication in simple things keeps your team busy…. thanks buddy to make it simple again by this post..
anuj - Reply
July 27, 2010

Thanks
Anuj
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Mikey - Reply
August 18, 2010

All of this because of the stupid-heads who sued Microsoft for “not being secure enough”!

I swear I waste more time getting around security “features” than I ever had to spend properly securing my systems / networks!
Ars - Reply
August 25, 2010

Thanks it is very helpfull.
Priyanga - Reply
September 18, 2010

Cool tip mate! Thanks a lot..!
joydip - Reply
September 23, 2010

thanks it working.can you tell how i use ftp
muthukumar - Reply
September 24, 2010

thanks for valuable answer
Michael - Reply
September 25, 2010

Once you set up telnet, type this into cmd
It’s Star Wars IV in ASCII
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
john - Reply
September 25, 2010

hey its gud actuaally obvious
max - Reply
September 27, 2010

Sorry, i need help because I’m already completed the step but it dident works well
What should I do????
Omar - Reply
October 9, 2010

I wonder if anybody here have used the IRPM for Iphone to turn ON-OFF the computer from the internet, How to do that ? I could turn on the computer on a local network ( WIFI) but when I’m on the 3g network I couldn’t connect to my computer, I keep getting an error, for turning off the computer I couldn’t turn off my computer on both networks (WIFI,3g) ! please help
server 2008 - Reply
October 17, 2010

thank you very much for the piece, is just what i need
Bibin Joy - Reply
October 21, 2010

Gr8!! useful tip…
the O’Neill - Reply
October 27, 2010

cheers
Tarek - Reply
November 30, 2010

Thanks
meowmix - Reply
January 20, 2011

thanks, mate. i was right pissed off i couldn’t telnet to test a nntp server. now i can.
Jamshid - Reply
March 7, 2011

that is good i find the problem
artvandelay - Reply
May 11, 2011

thx dude
eyalbis - Reply
August 21, 2011

thanks man!!!!
akp - Reply
August 22, 2011

works perfectly, helped troubleshoot a major sev 1
lwpro2 - Reply
September 18, 2011

always useful. thanks for sharing.
Farhan - Reply
October 1, 2011

thanx bro, that is cool help for me
Max Ricardo Mercurio Ribeiro - Reply
October 30, 2011

Thanks !
shiv kanzariya - Reply
December 12, 2011

thanks….!!! and i want to get more information of server 2008
Anuraj - Reply
December 15, 2011

thanks buddy!!!

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