Vista: Installing the Telnet Client

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By default, Vista doesn’t install the Telnet client. The client is for text-based communication with remote systems. You can install it by following these steps:


1. Click Start then select 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. A dialog box will appear to confirm installation. The telnet command should now be available.

 

105 Comments -


  1. Viktor said on October 8, 2008

    thanks man.

  2. Bill said on October 14, 2008

    I was wondering about this feature . I have been missing it. Thank you, very helpful info!

  3. Sinjin said on October 14, 2008

    Sweet thanks alot !! I wondered why it didn’t have it .

  4. Colleen said on October 15, 2008

    Good info!

  5. Daplayer said on October 21, 2008

    thx

  6. Ferdaus said on October 22, 2008

    Very Nice tips, thank you

  7. i don't know said on November 10, 2008

    thanks

  8. sajid said on November 12, 2008

    thnks dude i was un able to use my cisco simulator without telnet.

  9. anoop said on November 20, 2008

    Thanxxx
    This is very full me

  10. King said on November 20, 2008

    Thank you very much mate.

  11. Nikola said on December 1, 2008

    thanks so much it really helped!

  12. mk said on December 4, 2008

    thanks, installing

  13. jenny said on December 4, 2008

    this feature sucks when you are trying to ping because it gives us the error command not reconized…not good

  14. Chathura Madhusanka said on December 4, 2008

    Thank you Very very much,
    chathura

  15. McThick said on December 12, 2008

    Microsoft is beyond retarded…

  16. aboeldhb said on December 17, 2008

    thnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx vry mach

  17. noname said on December 21, 2008

    Thanks alot :)

  18. James said on December 22, 2008

    Excellent, helped a lot.

  19. ak said on January 4, 2009

    Thank you bud

  20. Imnotgivingmynametoamachine! said on January 7, 2009

    cool thanks

  21. Rocky said on January 8, 2009

    Thanks Mate!!!!

    Works like Charm

  22. Bahram said on January 14, 2009

    Very Very Very Thanx
    It’s very useful.

  23. linuxstartslookinggood said on January 16, 2009

    Thanks Very Much!

    How big is the Telnet executable? Can’t see how it can be more than 100kb, but took ages to install! You’ve got to love Vista ….

  24. Hamy said on January 18, 2009

    Exacly. nice move m$. again

  25. Patrick said on January 20, 2009

    Thanks very much, I thought it was just omitted from Vista…glad to have it back

  26. Aron said on January 26, 2009

    lol :D weird …

  27. beavis said on January 27, 2009

    Danke!

  28. nxyazilim.com said on January 29, 2009

    thanks man

  29. blargh said on February 6, 2009

    I hate you Windows. Thanks for this guide.

  30. anonimous said on February 7, 2009

    thnks

  31. JANGEL said on February 10, 2009

    GOD BLESS YOU ! ! ! !
    You don have any idea how much I need telnet and I was using other computers…
    THANK YOU ! ! !

  32. David said on February 17, 2009

    wow, another reason i hate vista, thnx much >

  33. huh??? said on February 25, 2009

    thx

  34. Alex said on March 6, 2009

    Thanks, nice and succint

  35. KC said on March 7, 2009

    Cheers lad!

  36. MMF said on March 9, 2009

    Nice Tip ,
    thanks a lot

  37. Drew said on March 18, 2009

    Sweeeet thx

  38. James said on March 19, 2009

    Thanks… but yeah, taking foreeeeeeever.

  39. bob said on March 21, 2009

    thanks

  40. raj said on April 13, 2009

    thanks dude

  41. star said on April 20, 2009

    hei..
    the list wont come out..
    ive google the net and found nothing to solve the problem..
    would you please help me with this?

    btw..
    im using vista home basic..
    is there any difference?

  42. Gro_ said on April 22, 2009

    thx

  43. disaster said on April 25, 2009

    than you it help just takes for ever to install the client

  44. fedora _linux said on April 25, 2009

    thanks master
    i have been looking for a way to restore that
    and you give me the magic pro

  45. bradley said on April 26, 2009

    activateing and haveing telnet on can be dangerous, not worth it unless you want your computer to start running like shit.

  46. anon said on May 4, 2009

    thanks man, even though it’s no good to me, nice to know i wasn’t making a retarded mistake.

  47. Amit said on May 4, 2009

    Awesome !

  48. Gernot said on May 14, 2009

    excellent, thanks

  49. James said on May 16, 2009

    Human Stupidity has no Boundaries (I mean those at MS)

  50. Mark said on May 18, 2009

    thanks!

  51. Sputnic said on May 30, 2009

    telnet ! I missed you so much :o)

    Thanks mate.

  52. LaSnak said on May 31, 2009

    Thnx a lot :)

  53. khalid said on June 1, 2009

    thank you,, really thank you

  54. jvp said on June 8, 2009

    thanks

  55. almohager575 said on June 13, 2009

    thank you very much

  56. almohager575 said on June 13, 2009

    thank you very much

  57. Jim said on June 17, 2009

    Appreciate the research and sharing the info. God, I hate Microsoft!

  58. john said on June 25, 2009

    Thanks man now i can play TradeWars again

  59. Shawn said on July 4, 2009

    Thanks, I was about to try to just search for a telnet client and download it. To tell the truth..it might have been faster… god I hate vista.

  60. Darryl said on July 9, 2009

    Really appreciate the tip. thanks

  61. Anonymous said on July 18, 2009

    Many Thanks Wonderful Job Keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  62. Anonymous said on July 24, 2009

    thx man your the best !!

  63. Anonymous said on July 28, 2009

    Really usefull. Thanks Mate

  64. James said on July 31, 2009

    Thanks for helping me find this.

  65. Anonymous said on August 3, 2009

    thanks for the stuff its really cool i was missin telnet in ma vista based notebook.i ws goin 2 install xp for that bt thanks 2 u i can use it without doin so.

  66. Dru said on August 6, 2009

    Seriously guys, having telnet not installed by default was a wise decision by MS – one of the few they’ve made – telnet is a deprecated (and insecure) service that has been replaced (for the most part) by SSH. There are few of us who still use it (admins, and those studying networking.)

    Now had they completely removed it from Vista it would have been a bad idea (although alternative clients like PuTTy are overall better options.)

  67. allan said on August 8, 2009

    you da man

  68. Anonymous said on August 10, 2009

    Kuddos to you

    Kuddos down to vista.

    Vista sucks.

  69. tel said on August 11, 2009

    why worry about the client?

    concerned about security, then ship with a native command line ssh client

  70. Anonymous said on August 17, 2009

    Thanks :)

  71. Anonymous said on August 19, 2009

    Excellent post!

  72. Bryan said on August 19, 2009

    Seriously! I was forced to INSTALL telnet…and now I have to reboot?!! WTF M$?

  73. Greg T. said on September 10, 2009

    Thanks. This one was a myster to me. I couldn’t imagine Telenet not being part of Windows anymore.

  74. Adrian said on September 24, 2009

    Thanks, thought it was weird that I couldn’t use that feature

  75. Anonymous said on October 8, 2009

    tnx , it is veru useful ,

  76. ksitij said on October 23, 2009

    cool very helpful site

  77. Anonymous said on October 23, 2009

    thank’s . I have a friend who wants to install de telnet feature and your tactic It’s really succesful. xD

  78. Purna said on October 28, 2009

    Thanks a lot man

  79. cheap phones said on November 1, 2009

    I was having problems with this and being a non-techy didn’t know what to do. This solution worked perfectly for me. Much appreciated.

  80. Anonymous said on November 5, 2009

    how to use telnet to access remote pc

  81. Anonymous said on December 1, 2009

    Thanks. I was thinking that this is how I will be able to have it.

  82. Jatin said on December 5, 2009

    Thank You. Appreciate it.

  83. Anonymous said on December 9, 2009

    Thanks for this tips.

  84. Ankit said on December 30, 2009

    Thanks…you are a real life saver

  85. m said on January 4, 2010

    Thanks! Microsoft hid this feature so well that I’d never have found it without your instructions.

  86. Nokiemens said on January 10, 2010

    Thanks, man. ^.^ without this i would never have found it. Dem’ maikrosoft basterdz hid it too well >.>

  87. Avishek Roy said on January 29, 2010

    thax a lot…

  88. Anonymous said on February 3, 2010

    I have a commercial software which needs telnet to verify the license.
    Before find this info, I almost give up to use that software. Thanks a lot.
    This info is very useful.

  89. Lee said on February 3, 2010

    Thanks that was very helpful

  90. Anonymous said on February 12, 2010

    TELNET
    i can not loggin to my ip 192.168.1.64 but i get an error

    Failure in initializing the telnet session. Shell process may not have been launched.

    please help me
    stuart.hallows@hotmail.com

  91. Anonymous said on May 2, 2010

    Is it supposed to take forever?

  92. theodore said on May 26, 2010

    thanks guys ,perfect

  93. Fredrik said on June 10, 2010

    Tyvm! looking 4 this one!

  94. Chuck Norris said on July 21, 2010

    Right on! Many thanks!

  95. Ericsilmalis said on August 2, 2010

    thankyou, i kind of thought telnet would be missing from vista like loads of other stuff that is on previous versions of windows

  96. Somebody said on August 11, 2010

    thx

  97. Abdelazimf said on August 19, 2010

    thank you very much

  98. Mr X. said on September 3, 2010

    Sweet.

  99. Sidakadjpoison said on October 18, 2010

    thankxxxx man !!!!

  100. Leavemealonebox said on January 4, 2011

    OMG i did that 1 month ago now what. good by!

  101. Plano, TX said on March 15, 2011

    Danke

  102. Good Grief said on March 27, 2011

    It takes FOREVER for the Microsoft widget to install Telnet.

    Good grief.

    What gives?!?

  103. Kiddo said on October 26, 2011

    Takk

  104. jkljdgjhlkgndfgq said on December 30, 2011

    THANXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A LOTTTT !!!!
    u have no idea . . . u have done such a big help

  105. Orcbighter said on January 27, 2012

    Thanks for that.
    Another little bit of required software tucked away by Microsoft.
    And how slow is the Microsoft widget?
    I checked the box, went and had lunch, had a relaxing bath before goin out to a movie, came home just in time to see it complete.
    Honestly, I have seen bills passed in Parliament fastaer than this thing moves.

 

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