Hi Experts there, We have been using the Standard Edition of Windows Server 2003 (with SP1, and auto updates enabled) over the past few years for common tasks of hosting company websites and serving as a FTP server. One of my staff (with his non-administrative account) regular uploads files t...more >>

Hi I can't connect to an external ftp site on one of my companies servers. I can connect on every other server/PC on the network. Is there any parameters that i need to set to enable this connection? Thanks ...more >>

Hi All, I work for a company that delivers reports to customers via FTP monthly, and it's done automatically using a script that steps through every row in a table. (Each row holds an FTP address, login name, password, and file name to upload. You probably get the idea.) Now one of our cu...more >>

Hi, I want to setup an in house ftp server. I've setup IIS and ftp service before for an internal network so I'm happy with that. What I'm not sure is how to open up the firewall for port redirection or putting the server in the dmz. I have a basic vigour2600plus router that has port forward...more >>

Hi I created a ftp folder on my server, but im having trouble open it(i use web browser to open it, ftp://ftp.name.com/foldername) It gives the message: Extended Server Error Message: Logon request failed: 530 User anonymous cannot log in. why I cant access the folder? ...more >>

I have a bit of our application that does an automated ftp between the IIS and an RS6000 to grab a file. I am getting the following error sporadically. This software runs at many locations, with thousands of users that do this dozens of time each day and this one is new on me. Any hints or clu...more >>

Using IIS on Win XP Pro, I have set up a FTP site. I want to allow users to upload files only to a common directory and have no read access, that seems to work fine. What I need to do is to be able to allow an administrator to log into the site and view all files in the home directory. I thou...more >>

Is it possible to allow an FTP user to have the ability to PUT files, but not the ability to GET files? I've seen this article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/237987) describing a bug that might produce the scenario I desire, but is there a way to produce this intentionally? ...more >>

I have been administering a web page for years now and do so via Remote Desktop Connection to a Windows 2000 server running IIS 6.0. In order to make changes to the site I have to upload a file via FTP (FTP Explorer to be exact) which sends the file to the FTP folder on the server. Then I have...more >>

Hello, We lost are server this past month to a hacker. In the process of recovering the system we noticed that FTP services were gone (removed even?). I've been trying to re-install ISS with all of its components. However, during installation I get some scary messages including the remov...more >>

I am setting up an FTP server; I have a range of ports available for use; I have looked at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555022 ; Windows Firewall has been disabled. How do you set the range? If the above settings work (from the 2K section), what is the syntax for the registry entry? (t...more >>

Hello Everyone, I am in charge of a lab with roughly 20 users. Everyone has a user account and I have set up 1 ftp site with virtual directories for every user since I only have 1 ip to work with. When users log in with IE7 and have not selected the "View FTP sites in Windows Explorer" opti...more >>

I can't seem to find anything on the subject of multi-part downloads. Does IIS 6 FTP support downloading a large file into smaller parts (say a 1GB file broken down into 5 200MB files simultaneously)? I know other FTP servers can do this but what about IIS 6 FTP? Thanks SJ...more >>

Hi. This is a problem that has started quite recently. Some users can login with FTP, and some cannot. They all work from different locations on the internet, different IPs and computers, clients, and all are outside our firewall. I am also outside the firewall but can login everytime. We...more >>

I set up an FTP server (IIS 6.0) in our DMZ. This is a stand-alone server. Our goal is to have clients be able to upload large files, to their own floders, when needed. Currently I log on to the FTP server, create a local account and then a folder with the same name as the assigned ussernam...more >>

Hi, I have an IIS 5.0 server with two virtual FTP directories, each one with two different ACLs (lists of IPs allowed access to). For example: first ftp accepts connections from IPs A and B. second can ba accessed from A, B and C. When i connect to the second ip from address C i get an "530 ...more >>

Is there a patch for congress new 2007 daylight savings time change? http://geography.about.com/cs/daylightsavings/a/dst.htm This could have economic impact like y2k did. Is there a patch for windows 95/98/me/xp/2000/2003/etc. to handle new daylight savings time rules? are there any patch...more >>

Hi, I installed IIS 6 FTP service on Win2003. Created a new ftp site, created a new folder and configure FTP to use it. Created a new user named ftpuser with a password and give this user the required read/write permissons to access the ftp folder I created. Win firewall is disabled. Anonymo...more >>

Witch is the beter option for me, I have one windows 2003 standard edition ftp server in my perimiter sinds more clients keep connecting (now 300, planning for 700) and the ftp site has to be available allways I was thinking about set up a windows 2003 server cluster , or let NLB take car...more >>

I have been working on this for a little while. I have set up a FTP server on a computer running Windows XP. When I try to connect, I get this error Connected with Host - Waiting for welcome message... Disconnected from the server - Unable to connect! Ports 20 21 are forwarded to the FTP s...more >>

I have a question that is similar to others that I have read in the posts. I have an SBS 2003 FTP service runing and can access it internally just fine. Except from external, I keep on getting: ftp> open {MY IP ADDRESS} Connected to {MY IP ADDRESS} {and after 10 seconds or so} Connection ...more >>

Anyone have success changing the FTP port number on Windows 2003 server? Thanks, Steve ...more >>

I just set up ftp on a Windows 2003 server. Allow anonymous is unchecked. But each morning I notice a connection that has been going on for 4 hours but no user name is listed just the IP address. Guest user is disabled and I have renamed the Adminstrator user. Any idea what that is and if it i...more >>

Hi ALL I have setup FTP which i log in within my computer. Like using ftp ip address and it allows me to login in wiht my credentials. But when i try ot login from a remote location it doesn't conect. I tired with IE and filezilla. I have openened port in windows firewall still doesn't ...more >>