OT? Telnet utility with a GUI screen

Telnet under the Win7 command window is a pain, I also find that it throws up some spurious characters when editing source files. Any suggestions re a telnet counterpart that provides full windows capability, including scroll bars, font and colour selection? Googling Telnet seems to come up with nothing but .... Telnet.

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Try searching for PuTTY and Tera Term.

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Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
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You could install cygwin, which includes an X server and xterms, but that's a bit like hitting a nail with a sledgehammer.

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It also includes a decent telnet client and console window if you'd like to try a smaller hammer...

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+1. Putty is a single executable that fits nicely on a thumb drive. Installation is... copying one file. It also does serial ports and SSH. There may be SCP under it; I forget.

Tera Term is fine, but more of a mess.

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