Configure A Telnet Server On Windows System For Remote Desktop

Here's a Do-It-Yourself of implementing Telnet service on Windows environment.

The following step-by-step procedure is a easy way to have Telnet connection without the use of any third-party application. 

Telnet Server is a network service. When you install Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the files that make up the Telnet Server service are copied to your computer, but they are not yet operational. The Telnet service is disabled at first. You must enable the service by configuring the service to start when you need it. On a Telnet server that is regularly used, you might want to configure the service to start automatically every time Windows starts. You can also configure the Telnet Server service to start only when you start it manually.

Membership in the local Administrators group, or the equivalent, is the minimum required to complete these procedures.

To enable Telnet Server and start or stop it from the Windows interface

1.       Open the Services MMC snap-in. Click Start, and then type services.msc in the Start Search box.

2.       If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

3.       Right-click Telnet, and then click Properties.

4.       In the Startup type list, select one of the following:

• Automatic (Delayed Start) to start Telnet Server after Windows starts and all boot processes have finished
• Automatic to start Telnet Server when Windows starts
• Manual to allow Telnet Server to be started and stopped when needed
• Disabled to prevent Telnet Server from running

5.       To start or stop the service, on the Telnet Properties dialog box, click Start or Stop. You can also start or stop the service on the main Services page by selecting Telnet in the list, and then using the start (triangle) and stop (square) icon buttons on the toolbar at the top of the page.

To start or stop Telnet Server at a command prompt

1.       Open an elevated command prompt. Right-click a Command Prompt shortcut, and then click Run as administrator.

2.       If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

3.       Type one of the following commands:

• To start Telnet Server, type net start telnet.
• To stop Telnet Server, type net stop telnet.

To start Telnet service on Windows 7 or 8 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. On the Control Panel Home page, click Programs.
3. In the Programs and Features section, click Turn Windows features on or off.
4. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
5. In the Windows Features list, select Telnet Client, and then click OK.

The command prompt will respond accordingly once Telnet services have been started. 

Remote system can be connected by running command as:

o <port or IP>

For example, if the IP address of the system to be connected is 176.16.180.25 then the above command will look like this-

o 176.16.180.25

After successful execution of this command, the system will ask for username and password of the remote system. Make sure to provide login credentials with which the system is logged in. 

On successful login, user can run any commands from his/her system which will execute on remote system.