I have not been one of those complainers that is always whining about Vista. The truth is that I have liked Vista with its glitzy Aero interface and search functionality from day one. I use it on a very high end laptop and desktop. Unfortunately, lately I have noticed how inefficient the operating system is at opening folders, copying or moving files and any other type of I/O (input or output) operation.
I have felt particularly disappointed lately in its performance because I purchased a mini-notebook with an Atom processor and 1GB of memory. It came with Windows XP Home SP3. I have to tell you that the little machine feels many times faster than my quad-core desktop or dual core notebook.
The latest disappointment that I have had with Vista is that it does not have a telnet client by default. I needed such a tool to test a POP3 and SMTP connection to a server that was giving me problems.
I discovered that Vista does come with a telnet client, but you have to choose to install it. It is not installed by default.
These are the steps that you need to follow:
- Start the Control Panel from the Start Icon.
- Click on "Programs"
- Click on "Turn Windows features on or off"
- Scroll through the list that is presented and check off the "Telnet Client" (see image above)
- Click "OK"
After some disk activity, you should have the Telnet client installed and ready for use. You can access it by opening a Command Prompt and typing "telnet."
Robert Alonso
Alonso Consulting
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