atw: Re: FTP problem
- From: Kay Rennie <renniek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:57:18 +1100
Hi Michael
I'm at home on a dialup, so can't blame anyone else. Another member has
replied off-list and suggested this link to a possible solution.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842242
I'll see if I can sort it from there.
Cheers
Kay
Michael Edward Granat wrote:
>Dear Kay (R).
>
>You don't state whether you are at home on a dialup or on
>location at a customer site, using their network. I am
>guessing that the latter is almost certainly the case.
>
>The firewall in your PC might very well have no setting to
>stop FTP use but, the hardware firewall, further down the
>line / in the back room at your customer's site will almost
>certainly be set to block it.
>
>This happened to me at a recent site, at which any FTP
>attempt by my WinDoze 2K P of C solicited a Web Marshal
>alert message and warned me that my insidious attempt to
>do anything of the sort would be recorded. Shock / horror!
>
>Methinks it is happening deeper than your desktop.
>
>Talk to your customer's Help Desk folk about this. They
>might still permit HTTP downloads instead, as did mine.
>
>HTH.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael
>
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>
>Quoting Kay Rennie <renniek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
>
>>Has anyone had a problem using FTP from Windows XP plus Service Pack 2?
>>I have no problem with FTP on my old PC and Windows 98, but XP won't
>>play along, even with the firewall disabled. I've had no luck searching
>>Microsoft's myriad knowledge base pages, but I'm sure there must be
>>something somewhere. If someone could point me to a relevant discussion
>>group or throw in a few helpful hints I will be eternally grateful.
>>Thanks
>>Kay
>>
>>
>>
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