• Windows Vista Hyperterminal

Mar 1, 2012 - A: Windows XP had an application called HyperTerminal that was great for communicating with COM ports and performing Telnet operations. I need to be able to connect to a serial port (D-SUB DB9pin serial port) on a machine and read the data, I am specifically looking for HyperTerminal the version that was on Microsoft windows XP, I am looking for this so I do not have to learn to use another new program. Even though HyperTerminal is no longer in Windows 7/8/10, it’s really not needed since you have a lot of great alternatives like Putty, etc. If you want it simply because you’ve been using it for a long time, either download the Private Edition or copy the files from XP.

Hi,
The following is for a WinXP service pack 3 system:
HyperTerminal was malfunctioning due to an unsuccessful previous operation. (Installing and removing of a non Microsoft HyperTerminal program)
Following the recommended procedures the malfunctioning persists, i.e. 1. No Help menu in the reinstalled Microsoft HyperTerminal. 2. Clicking on a .ht file creates the message 'Could not read session file.'
I hope that it will be possible to find a fix to these issues.
Thanks

Windows Vista Hyperterminal

On a CD or on the HDD? If not, re-installing Windows components will fail.
If the .ht files were created with a different version of HT, they may <i>possibly</i> be incompatible as well (although I don't recall seeing this between the Windows and PE versions before).
You may have other problems with Windows in general. Try running the command
sfc /scannow. You may also want to use a decent malware scanner like MBAM.
If you cannot get it to work under any circumstances, use a different terminal program or do a repair install of Windows.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

The 'sfc/scannow' did not work for me since it reported I 'have inserted the wrong CD. (i.e., a different Windows product than the version installed). My system is WinXP SP-3
On the other hand I have the well working 'Windows installation files' on another WinXp computer. Copying them to the malfunctioning system fixed the lack of help menu files.
Thanks for your advice.