Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Telnet Client for Windows 7 and 2008 R2

I've been trying to debug something for the past couple of days and I just realized that Windows 7 does not have a telnet client installed by default unlike previous versions of Windows (dating back to version 3.11 as I recall).  Doing a quick Google research, I found out it can be installed by doing the following:
  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. On the Control Panel Home page, click Programs.
  3. In the Programs and Features section, click Turn Windows features on or off.
  4. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
  5. In the Windows Features list, select Telnet Client, and then click OK.
Windows 2008 R2 also does not have it installed by default.  The following instructions seem to do the trick:

  1. Start Server Manager. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage.
  2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
  3. In the Features Summary section, click Add features.
  4. In the Add Features Wizard, select Telnet Client, and then click Next.
  5. On the Confirm Installation Options page, click Install.
  6. When installation finishes, on the Installation Results page, click Close.

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