If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 7 and are banging your head to find HyperTerminal, then you’re not alone!
HyperTerminal was a little program that let you connect to other devices.
Windows 7 will no longer provide HyperTerminal program. If you need HyperTerminal to control serial devices, there is a trick to get it back
However, there are several new alternatives to HyperTerminal that are probably better for secure shell access. use the following
winrs /?
If you still miss Hyper Terminal and you cannot live with out it then you can actually extract two files from your XP installation and copy them over to Windows 7.
The two files you will need are
HyperTerminal was a little program that let you connect to other devices.
Windows 7 will no longer provide HyperTerminal program. If you need HyperTerminal to control serial devices, there is a trick to get it back
However, there are several new alternatives to HyperTerminal that are probably better for secure shell access. use the following
winrs /?
If you still miss Hyper Terminal and you cannot live with out it then you can actually extract two files from your XP installation and copy them over to Windows 7.
The two files you will need are
hypertrm.dll
hypertrm.exe
Simply copy those files into any directory on your machine and it will work. You should be able to find hypertrm.exe in C:\Program Files\Windows NT and
hypertrm.dll in C:\Windows\System32.
If you have the Windows XP CD, you should be able to find both of these files in the i386 directory on the CD.
If you have the Windows XP CD, you should be able to find both of these files in the i386 directory on the CD.
since Hyper treminal is not available you still have alternative
Putty
Tera Term
Enjoy.... :)
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