Telnet Errors and Events

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

Telnet events

Telnet Server can log the following events in the Event Viewer Application log.

Source	Event ID	Type	Description and corrective action
Telnet Server	1000	Information	Telnet Service was started successfully. No corrective action required.
Telnet Server	1001	Information	Telnet Service was stopped successfully. No corrective action required.
Telnet Server	4006	Error	Telnet did not open the log file specified in the LogFile registry setting. A second event generated at about the same time might have more details about why the file did not open. Ensure that the correct path is specified, and that the Telnet service account has permissions to write to that path.
Telnet Server	4049	Error	Telnet was not able to start the command processor specified in the DefaultShell registry entry. Ensure that the correct path is specified. The default path is %systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe.
Telnet Server	4053	Error	The number of processes that can simultaneously use Winsock has been exceeded. No corrective action required. Try again later when other network resources have completed their use of Winsock resources.

Telnet errors

Telnet can generate the following errors.

Error ID	Description
1058	This error is reported when you attempt to start the Telnet server while the service is set to Disabled. Set the Startup Type of the Telnet Server service to something other than Disabled (Automatic or Manual). For instructions about how to change the Startup Type, see Enable the Telnet Server Service (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108365) in the Telnet Operations Guide.

See Also

Concepts

Telnet Client Startup Parameter Reference
Telnet Client Command Reference
Telnet Server Admin Tool TlntAdmn.exe Command Line Reference
Telnet Registry Entries
RFCs Supported by the Microsoft Implementation of Telnet