How to Use HyperTerminal function in Windows 7

If you previously used HyperTerminal to troubleshoot modem problems, use Phone and Modem Options instead.

1. Click the "Start" button , and choose "Control Panel".
   
2. Click "Hardware and Sound", and then choose "Phone and Modem Options".
   

If you need all the features of HyperTerminal, the developer of the original HyperTerminal offers a free trial of HyperTerminal Private Edition

Realterm is a terminal program specially designed for capturing, controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms than Hyperterminal. It has no support for dialing modems, BBS etc which is what hyperterminal does.

You can use tera term for alternative to HyperTerminal.

You can also useAbsoluteTelnet program to alternative HyperTerminal.

If you want to 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.