Where has telnet gone in Windows 7?

People who have upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 may have suddenly realised that Telnet no longer works from the command prompt. If you need to do a simple task that requires telnet, this is particularly annoying. The good news is that it’s still there – it just needs enabling.

Open up Control Panel and go to “Programs and Features”. Select “Turn Windows Features On or Off”. In the list, towards the bottom at the top level, is a check box for “Telnet Client”. Simply select this check box and click “OK”. Telnet will now work from the command prompt.

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