FAQ Windows XP FTP

The following procedure works through temporarily disabling Windows XP Firewall.
The other known FTP issue is with website authoring software that tries to 'publish' a website. Often, these tools (like Microsoft FrontPage) use HTTP for the publish. Therefore, the site may not publish if the site being published to is blocked.

Procedure

1. Click 'Start'
2. Click 'Control Panel'
3. Click 'Network and Internet Connections'
4. Click 'Windows Firewall' then click 'disable'.

Keep in mind it isn't recommended to disable your firewall. So you will probably want to enable it again after you finish what you are doing.

To disable Internet Connection Sharing complete the following steps.

1. Click 'Start'
2. Click 'Control Panel'
3. Click 'Network and Internet Connections'
4. Click 'Network Connections'
5. Right click 'Local Area Connection' and select 'Properties'
6. Click the 'Advanced' Tab
7. This is where you should see Internet Connection Sharing if it is installed and you will need to disable it to use FTP Programs.