Thursday, 15 February 2007

Vista - Telnet Client not Installed by Default

I went to test a POP3 server connection from one of our Vista remote clients, and discovered that the Telnet client was not installed by default.

In the Vista default view:


Click on the green Programs Link. You will be taken to the following page:


The link with the shield, Turn Windows features on or off, is the next one to click on.

You will be greeted with the now famous UAC (User Access Control):


From there, you can choose to install whatever Vista feature you are looking for:


Then, you will be done.

If you are a bit of a traditionalist, as I am, then you can switch to the Classic View, and click on the icon!


Now, off to find the source of my POP3 problem!

Windows Vista User Access Control on TechNet:
And, Microsoft's Windows Vista homepage.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
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3 comments:

  1. Brian Pence03 January, 2008 10:56

    A good substitute for Windows telnet client is AbsoluteTelnet from Celestial Software. Not only does it support telnet as the MS client does, but it also supports SSH, which is a better security choice. It has a tabbed interface, advanced security, and is translated into seven languages!

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  2. Philip Elder Cluster MVP04 January, 2008 13:37

    Brian,

    It definitely looks interesting! We will check it out as we do have a need for SSH connectivity too.

    Thanks for the suggestion,

    Philip

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  3. Brian Pence07 January, 2008 09:56

    Thanks Philip. Let me know what you think after you try it!

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