SO the past several days, I have been trying to get the gallery updated with more 2009 pictures, I usually accomplish this by connecting to my site via FTP, uploading the pictures, then importing them.
I usually do this via a secure FTP connection, or most commonly referred to as SFTP. To make a long story short(too late), it hasn’t been working for me.

So I had contacted my web host support team to find out if they had disabled my access again.. (That’s another story.), to find out that no, my access was infact still active, and they were not showing any issues.

We run though a couple quick troubleshooting techniques, and to make a long story short(i know, too late.. sorry), he asks me to perform a telnet to my site.

In-case you’ve been living in a bubble, or just not reading my blog, cause its boring, I have been running the RC version of Windows 7 on my DELL E6400 to give it a test drive. (So far I love it! also another story..)..

Well, anywho.. I know, I know, get on with it!!

So I open a cmd browser, and type in telnet chrisbjax.com and get:

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

OMG – WTH is this, they removed telnet.. NO Wai!
But wait a minute, telnet is used for so many things, but Microsoft in their infinite wisdom, did in-fact shutoff telnet.
They were nice enough to leave you the ability to turn it back on though..
Simply do the following:

  • Open the Control Panel.

controlpanel

  • Open Programs, once open select “Turn Windows features on or off“.

programs

  • Scroll down to the “Telnet Client” option and toggle it on.

enabletelnet

Windows will now do its thing, and install some helper files to allow telnet access.
Now when you open a cmd prompt and type in “telnet” you will see.

telnet

Woohoo!