Enable Telnet in Windows 7

I discovered whilst configuring a network thermometer that if you try to launch Telnet from a command window in Win7 you get the message;

‘telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

What is the story here? By default Windows 7 does not support telnet command, the service must be enabled via Windows Features.

1. Open “Control Panel”
2. Select “Programs and Features”
3. Select “Turn Windows features on or off”
4. Tick the box for “Telnet Client”

The telnet client will now be available.