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You are here: Home / Feature Articles / Lesson 6 – Enable Telnet in Windows Vista and IE7

Lesson 6 – Enable Telnet in Windows Vista and IE7

February 27, 2015 by bonus_access

Getting Telnet to Work.

Microsoft disabled telnet in Windows Vista (don’t ask why). They also removed windows hyperterminal in Internet Explorer 7. If you have either then please follow the below instructions and do not attempt to log into the rack until you have done this because your session will not work.

Enable telnet in IE7
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http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Catalogs/telnet_problems.html

Or even better:

USE FIREFOX

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Windows Vista
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If you are using Microsoft Vista, and you never enabled telnet then please follow below directions:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/81b6d4b7-905e-4d70-8379-7934913fedb01033.mspx

By default, the telnet program is not enabled / installed in Vista. To install it, follow the below.

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Select Programs and Features.
3. Select Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Select the Telnet Client option.
5. Click OK.
6. When a dialog box shows up, just confirm for the installation. After this procedure, the telnet command should now be available.

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