How to enable ftp in windows xp?
If you are connecting to an FTP site that has anonymous access disabled, meaning that you will have to enter a username and password to connect successfully, you must put your username into the address. For example: ftp://me@67.68.255.65 or ftp://me@ftp.PCSTATS.com
Assuming the username is correct, a password window will open so you can authenticate yourself and then enter the FTP site.
If the FTP site you are trying to connect to uses an alternate port instead of the default port 21, you will also have to specify this. For example, if the server were using port 1056 you would enter: FTP://67.68.255.65:1056 or ftp://me@ftp.PCSTATS.com:1056
Essentially, FTP addresses can be entered into the IE address bar just as you would WWW addresses, with the only catch being that you must put the ftp:// before the rest of the address, otherwise Internet Explorer will assume that you are trying to connect to a website and not an FTP server. Websites use port 80 by default.
Once you have connected to the FTP site, you are presented with a directory window of its contents, which you can manipulate as if it was a directory on your local computer (subject to the permissions you have in the FTP site, of course). You can open files, copy and paste into your other directories, and copy from your computer to the FTP site if you have write permission. Very simple.
Windows XP professional (as well as Windows 2000) includes Microsoft's IIS (Internet Information Server) which can be used to create an FTP site on your computer. It's a fair bit less complicated and less flexible than using some third-party FTP server software packages, so we will give you guides for setting up both. If you are using XP Home you will need to use third-party software. There is no way to publish an FTP site with the Home Edition of XP.
The first step is to check that IIS (Internet Information Services, Microsoft's web-server application) is configured properly.
- Start the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet (go to Start, Control Panel, then click Add/Remove Programs).
- Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
- Select Internet Information Services (IIS), then click Details.
- Select the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service check box, then click OK.
XP includes a built-in FTP service component that lets FTP clients connect to the machine and read or write files; however, this service doesn't install by default.
To install the FTP service, perform the following steps:
Use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Internet Information Services program to configure the FTP service:
a) Go to Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | then click Internet Information Services.
b) Expand the computer name
c) Expand FTP Sites
d) A Default FTP Site will have been added. Right-click Default FTP Site
e) Select Properties from the displayed context menu
f) Click “Home Directory” and note the path. This is the place that files must be stored, to be available for FTPing.
g) Click “Security Accounts”, and untick “Allow Anonymous Connections”
h) Click Apply and OK.
Other notes:
Turning off Anonymous Connections mean that to login requires the Login name and Password of the computer.
If this security is not required, or it is a concern to have the Login name and Password in clear text, then leaving Anonymous Connections on means that remote users can login with “Anonymous” and use the email address for a password.
If users need to upload, then the following setting will need to be changed:
a) Go to Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | then click Internet Information Services.
b) Expand the computer name
c) Expand FTP Sites
d) A Default FTP Site will have been added. Right-click Default FTP Site
e) Select Properties from the displayed context menu
f) Click “Home Directory”
g) Tick in the “Write” box.
h) Click OK
