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How to enable telnet in Windows Vista

I have been doing the "Star Wars Telnet Hack," on the computers at school. (XP computers.) But I have been wanting to do it at home, on my Windows Vista. So I searched around, and found how to enable telnet on Vista, and I thought I should share it with the Instructables community.

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Step 1Open Control Panel

You first need to go to your start menu, and select your control panel.

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23 comments

Jan 24, 2012. 4:30 PMmthom41 says:

My computer will not configure this. I click o.k. and it says "Configuring settings (this might take a few minutes)" Then sits there with no progress for half an hour. Any suggestions?

Mar 25, 2011. 10:25 AMBobMarleyFan says:

Great 'ible! I just finished all the steps and I'm waiting for it to update! P.s. I'm using windows 7 and I'm pretty sure it's going to work

Nov 12, 2010. 5:17 PMRedFlash says:

Very Appropraite Desktop background... :P

Jun 13, 2010. 11:41 AM

grimace667 says:

I enjoyed your instructable, but i didn't think your pictures were appropriate. I think a soccer player should be kicking obama in the head. after all, he is the current cause of every problem we currently have, as well as the future generations will have. May the force be with you...

Feb 17, 2010. 5:28 PMSeMi_AuToMaTic says:

I tried it, but when i tried to turn windows features off it just froze.

Jul 27, 2008. 8:30 PMJBizzle says:

This is a pretty cool feature on Vista. Not to shabby. lol :)

Apr 13, 2009. 9:39 PMEnigmaMax says:

Its on XP too, by the way.

Jul 15, 2008. 6:49 PMjackdaun says:

are there any other movies available??. Thank you Jack

Jul 15, 2008. 8:27 PMHoboman (author) says:

Not sure about movies, but id try here

Jul 15, 2008. 6:43 PMjackdaun says:

thank you, thank you, thank you thank you so much im using vista. Thank you Jack

Jul 15, 2008. 8:22 PMHoboman (author) says:

Hey man, no problem. ;)

Jun 26, 2008. 1:33 AMDerin says:

what can you do with telnet

Apr 28, 2008. 2:42 PMlunchboxslayer27 says:

nice acer pc dude--i got 1. and desktop 2. i hate bush......

Apr 28, 2008. 3:08 PMHoboman (author) says:

thanks, I made that pic with GIMP. I don't HATE Bush, but I do dislike him very much. :)

Apr 15, 2008. 12:20 PMHoboman (author) says:

I know the star wars thing is not a hack, but thats what people call it, and there are more people that are acquainted with that name.

Apr 15, 2008. 9:48 PMTailslvr7_7 says:

Yeah I totally know! The so-called "star wars movie hack" is actually posted on a website, and therefore, it's not a hack, but a well-known way to watch a movie. And if anyone reading this does not believe me, try watching it without a internet connection.

Apr 15, 2008. 3:45 AMfiremanfu says:

terminal is blocked on the computers in my school (macs)

Apr 15, 2008. 12:21 PMHoboman (author) says:

Sorry, but I don't have any experience with macs. I'd love to help, but I can't.

Apr 15, 2008. 1:07 PMfiremanfu says:

yeah thats cool i was just expressing my distaste for people that block computers, why block something , somone out there can get around, just bring it in on a flash drive

Apr 15, 2008. 2:43 PMHoboman (author) says:

yeah, thats what I do for CMD at my school. I have a portable version on my flash drive.