Thank you

I still need to do more.

You were right in that I needed to turn on telnet, but I am running as administrator, and still get a similar message
Commands may be abbreviated. Supported commands are:

c - close close current connection
d - display display operating parameters
o - open hostname [port] connect to hostname (default port 23).
q - quit exit telnet
set - set set options (type 'set ?' for a list)
sen - send send strings to server
st - status print status information
u - unset unset options (type 'unset ?' for a list)
?/h - help print help information
Microsoft Telnet> telnet 10.0.0.8
Invalid Command. type ?/help for help
Microsoft Telnet>

I am running Windows 10 pro version 1709 Build 16299.248 64 bit version 8gb Ram.

EDIT...rebooted...it is now running the debub...CHEERS