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Vista doesn't have HyperTerminal

HyperTerminal is no longer part of Windows. There are several options you can use to replace its functionality.

If you previously used HyperTerminal to control serial devices, you can usually find a downloadable version of HyperTerminal on the Internet that is free for personal use. Download from here

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You can use tera term for alternative to HyperTerminal

Download teraterm from here

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Use Absolute Telnet program Download from here

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If you want (or just because you get used to it) you can still use old XP Hyper terminal. Just extract two files hypertrm.dll and hypertrm.exe. You can put them anywhere on the disk, no installation required. Of course, for that you need to have XP to extract files from.

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Download and install latest version of putty from here

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