Despite its vulnerability issues, Telnet is still used by Windows users as a client-server protocol. It is primarily used for initial network hardware configuration, remote access, port testing and forwarding, and other tasks that do not involve transmitting sensitive information.
You can enable Telnet on Windows 10 and 11 computers through the Command Prompt tool or the graphical user interface (GUI). Here, the article will show you several ways to enable Telnet on Windows computers.
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You can enable Telnet Client using the classic Control Panel. Since this is an optional feature, you can enable it using the Windows Optional Features dialog box. You can use this feature to add or remove other user-optional features on Windows.
To enable Telnet Client using Control Panel:
If you need to disable Telnet:
You can use the Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet to enable Telnet Client using Windows PowerShell . This is useful if you can't enable the feature using the Windows Features dialog, and it's also faster than the GUI method.
To enable Telnet using Windows PowerShell:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName TelnetClientDisable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName TelnetClient
If you prefer Command Prompt over PowerShell, you can use the DISM /Online command to enable optional features on your Windows 11 computer.
Follow these steps to install Telnet using Command Prompt:
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClientdism /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient
You can check if Telnet client is enabled on your PC using Command Prompt command. When enabled, Telnet command will open a new CMD to connect to remote server and perform other tasks.
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