Standard Method for enabling the Telnet server

Telnet is a difficult remote Logon Setting. Our previous articles also introduced a lot of related content. Here we will introduce the standard method for enabling the Telnet server. Whether you want to use the Telnet settings or perform some management. We should first start the Telnet server in the initial steps. So what is the starting process?

Enable Telnet Server Service

Application to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

A Telnet Server is a network service. when you install Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the components of the Telnet Server Service are copied to the computer, but they do not work. the Telnet service was initially disabled. you must enable the Service by configuring it to start as needed. on a commonly used Telnet server, you may want to configure this service to automatically start every time Windows starts. you can also configure the Telnet server service to run only when it is manually started.

The membership or equivalent identity in the Local Administrators Group is the minimum requirement for completing these processes.

Start or stop the Telnet server

To complete this task, perform the following steps:

Enable the Telnet server and start or stop the server from the Windows Interface

Start the Telnet server at a command prompt

To enable the Telnet server and start or stop the server from the Windows Interface

Open the "service" MMC snap-in. Click "start", and then type services. msc in the "Start search" box.

If the "User Account Control" dialog box appears, confirm that the operation you want to perform is displayed, and click "continue ".

Right-click Telnet and click "properties ".

In the "launch type" list, select one of the following options:

"Automatic" can start the Telnet server while Windows starts

"Manual" allows the Telnet server to start and stop as needed

"Disabled" prevents Telnet server from running

To start or stop the service, Click start or stop in the Telnet Properties dialog box ". you can also start or stop the service on the "service" homepage by selecting Telnet in the list, and then using the start triangle on the toolbar at the top of the page) and the Stop square icon.

To stop or start the Telnet server at a command prompt

Open a command prompt with elevated permissions. Right-click "command prompt" shortcut and click "Run as administrator ".

If the "User Account Control" dialog box appears, confirm that the operation you want to perform is displayed, and click "continue ".

Type one of the following commands:

To start the Telnet server, type net start telnet.

To stop the Telnet server, type net stop telnet.

Other considerations

If the Telnet server fails to be started, the most common causes are:

System Error 5. Access denied. This error occurs when you run the command at a command prompt without permission escalation.

1058 System Error. this error occurs when the service is marked as "disabled" in the Service Management Unit. follow the steps in enabling the Telnet server and starting or stopping the server from the Windows interface to correct this error.

Firewall software. Make sure that your firewall software is configured to allow Telnet traffic to and from network computers ).

For more information about using safer Telnet command line methods, such as supporting Secure Shell [SSH] and other options, see the following documents:

? Use the terminal Concentrator for Remote Management (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? LinkId = 102609) may be an English webpage)

? Choose remote management tools (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? LinkId = 102612) may be an English webpage)

? Super Terminal Overview (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? LinkID = 29890) may be an English webpage)

You can also use the following command to stop/start the Telnet server:

Tlntadmn [\ servername] {start | stop}