How to enable Telnet Windows 7

How to enable telnet in Windows 7 and connect to any UNIX server:

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In order to connect to a unix server you must be able to use the protocol Telnet. And we use COMMAND PROMPT to communicate back and forth with a UNIX server.

All Windows OS's other then Windows 7 has the protocol Telnet is enabled. So if you own a Windows 7 operating system here are the steps you must do to enable Telnet:

1. Click "Start"
2. Click "CONTROL PANEL"
3. Click the link "PROGRAMS"
4. Under the Windows and Feature click "TURN WINDOWS FEATURES ON OR OFF"
5. A new window will appear withe a list of features with checkboxes, scroll until you find "TELNET CLIENT", "TELNET SERVER", and "TELNET TFTP", check all three boxes and click apply.
6. A new box will appear, asking you wait, takes it takes about a minutes, when this process is finished, you'll see a green lined appear and disappear... you have successfully enabled your telnet protocol.

Now how to do you connect to a UNIX server? You use the command prompt, and here is where you find it if you are any Windows user, other then a Windows 7 user:

1. Click Start
2. Click RUN
3. Type CMD in the input box.

If you are a WINDOWS 7 USER follow these instructions to find your command prompt:

1. Click "Start"
2. Click "ALL PROGRAMS"
3. Click and open the folder "ACCESSORIES"
4. Locate and click the program "COMMAND PROMPT"