For security reasons Windows 8 comes without telnet client, so you can’t connect to other hosts with telnet.
Steps to enable Telnet on Windows 8:
- Open the Control Panel.
- Click on Uninstall or Change a Program.
- Click on Turn Windows Features On or Off.
- Check Telnet Client and Telnet Server and click OK.
- Telnet will be installed.
- You can then access telnet from the command prompt by typing “telnet” without quotes.