Telnet Missing in Windows Features

[msgeorgiarose]

Hello! I was trying to turn on my telnet for the first time in my netbook running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, but I couldn't see the check box for it in Windows Features.

Here's a screenshot of my Windows Features:

See? No telnet. Any idea how to fix this? Or any other way to get my telnet turned on? Please help! Thank you.

 

[matts6887]

It might be on the windows install disc. But; then again; there is also a chance that microsoft did not include it in the releases of windows 7 as quite a bit of people use other programs. etc. to access what telnet could.

 

[derekimo]

Is windows fully updated?

That whole window seems to be pretty sparse regarding features, specially for Ultimate.

You can try this,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

But you may have to resort to this,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

How did you get Ultimate on a netbook, was this an upgrade or clean install?

 

[kronckew]

definitely available (tho i turned it off) in my cc. of win7 x64 ultimate.

 

[Layback Bear]

From post 3 by derekimo.

That whole window seems to be pretty sparse regarding features, specially for Ultimate.

I believe you are correct direk. My Pro has 23 listings and I would think that Ultimate would have at least that many.

Possibly a bad install.

 

[derekimo]

Definitely Jack, something is amiss there.

 

[pethead]

I was recently having the same problem and was really frustrated because none of the solutions I found online worked. Luckily, one of our support personnel had a solution, which I am now sharing with you:

fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\
cd %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine 
attrib -s -h * 
del *.blf 
del *.regtrans-ms 
cd %SystemRoot%\System32\config\TxR 
attrib -s -h * 
del /q *

Then reboot and the checkbox will appear when you attempt to Turn Windows features on or off.
Kind regards,

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

Looks like the OP may have used a "custom" installation media created by tools such as NTLite or WinToolkit which can remove features, etc. Just a guess.

EDIT: Oops just noticed the OP is from 1 1/2 years ago.