<p>Turns out it’s not only <a href="https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2013/06/16/windows-8-has-the-telnet-client-turned-off-by-default/">Windows 8 that has its telnet client disabled</a>, Windows 10 is in the same boat. I’ve been using Windows 10 for quite a while now and just discovered this issue. Anyway, the way to enable is as follows:</p>

<p>For security reasons, apparently. I can see that making sense with the telnet server but the client? It’s an invaluable network debugging tool, after all, especially in heterogeneous networks.</p>