Quick Fix : Enable Telnet Client through command line

September 12, 2011 by 4 Comments

I am sitting at a fresh install of Windows 7, and i needed to use telnet. I know i can enable Telnet through ‘Turn Windows Features On or Off’ but i wanted to know if i could do it through the command line.

The answer is yes i can.

From an elevated command prompt just type:

dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

It seems to complete a lot faster than the ‘Windows Features’ gui as well.

Thanks to the Bing search and this post here

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4 Responses to Quick Fix : Enable Telnet Client through command line

  1. Jokeo Ono's avatar Jokeo Ono says:
    January 18, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    This works. Thanks.

    Reply
  2. Zaphod Beeblebrox's avatar Zaphod Beeblebrox says:
    September 11, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    This also works on SBS2011

    Reply
  3. Nayan's avatar Nayan says:
    October 7, 2022 at 10:13 am

    do we need internet connection to install this feature in windows server 2016

    Reply

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