HyperTerminal in Windows 7

HyperTerminal is an application that allows terminal emulation in Windows for some types of devices. HyperTerminal communicates over serial connections (such as RS-232), via a dial up modem, or via the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP). For TCP/IP connections and modem connections, the most common target is a telnet daemon set up on a Windows or Linux system in order to give access to a text based application or console.

If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 7 and are wondering what happened to HyperTerminal, you’re not alone! HyperTerminal was a sweet little program that let you connect to other computers, Telnet sites, host computers, BBSs, etc using your modem or Ethernet connection.

In Windows 7 and Vista, you will no longer find the Hyper Terminal program. If you need HyperTerminal to control serial devices, So here is how to get HyperTerminal on to Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit).

So here is how to get HyperTerminal on to Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit).

On the Windows 7 box make a new folder under C:\Program Files\HyperTerminal for 32-bit and for 64-bit make a new folder C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperTerminal

From a Windows XP box and copy the following 3 files to the folder that was just created on the Windows 7 box:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\hypertrm.exe
C:\WINODWS\system32\hypertrm.dll
C:\WINODWS\Help\hypertrm.chm

Now just run hypertrm.exe and HyperTerminal is on Windows 7.

 

HyperTerminal Substitute

If you do not have access to a Windows XP system, Putty can be used instead of HyperTerminal to access serial devices. Additionally, putty supports connections using more protocols than HyperTerminal (including an encrypted alternative, SSH).