I want to enable telnet on Windows 10. I only see a telnet client but not a telnet server. There is a web page telling me to open server manager and do a lot of stuff. But, I don't have a server manager. Please help! I want to enable telnet.
2 Answers
Microsoft depreciated Telnet Servers in Windows Server 2012 R2, and subsequently in Windows 10.
Telnet is considered completely insecure these days, because it sends everything across the wire in plain text, so they removed it.
Since you'd need to install a 3rd party Telnet server, you should (instead) consider installing a SSH server. Similar abilities and results, but SSH is generally considered secure.
Perhaps check out this Serverfault question for some suggested SSH servers:
Windows 8 (2012)
To install telnet in Windows 8, you can use pkgmgr
command in the CMD terminal:
- Telnet Client:
pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"
- Telnet Server:
pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetServer"
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista
Windows 10
In Windows 10, pkgmgr
is deprecated, so use dism
instead, e.g.
- Telnet Client:
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient
- Telnet Client:
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetServer
To disable, use /Disable-Feature
param instead.
Related:
pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"
.