<dhicklin@parkplace.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have a web server owned and setup by the ISP UK2. I have set up an
> ftp site on it. I can log into it from the command prompt and windows
> explorer. However, in windows explorer when the status line has shown
> "getting contents of folder" for ten to fifteen seconds a timeout
> message appears.
>
> "An Error Occured opening that folder on the ftp server. make sure you
> have permission to access that folder"
>
> "details: The operation timed out"
>
> I am logging in as the local administrator; the advanced setting in the
> browser allows browsing of ftp folders; I can browse the ftp site on
> the server itself using ie through terminal services.
>
> The server is win2k and fully up to date from woindows update the
> client is windows XP sp 2 and similarly patched right up to date.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>

<dhicklin@parkplace.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Firstly, thankyou for taking the time to respond to my post.
>
> I have all the above set, view ftp folders and passive mode. I have
> even disabled the client firewall to test if the port is blocked on
> the client.
>
> The only firewall on the client is the windows XP sp2 firewall. The
> server is win2k but has no firewall as yet other than the uk2 routers.
> I think we can safely assume that uk2 allows 21 and 20 for their
> dedicated server custromers.
>
> Perplexed!
>
> Dom
>

<dhicklin@parkplace.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It works now...I did a windows update, but I feel It may have been the
> sever reboot that did the trick!
>
> Thanks again for your help, it's not the first reboot I've tried but
> somehow this time it worked! Not intellectually rigorous maybe but
> effective. Does the setting of passive mode require a reboot?
>
> Dom
>