microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

On Mar 24, 1:12 pm, Malke wrote:
> Carterj wrote:
>
> Thanks, Malke,
>
>
>
> > I gritted my teeth and turned off the Windows firewall and Fire Ftp
> > connected without difficulty. It's kind of scary to leave it off,
> > however. Do you have a suggestion? Is it possible to fix the firewall
> > so it lets FTP through?
>
> You should not turn off your firewall. As nass said in his reply to you,
> make sure the Firewall isn't blocking the correct port. You can also set
> the FTP program in the Firewall as an exception. You didn't mention what
> antivirus/security programs you have installed. Make sure that whatever you
> are using doesn't also have a firewall component (many of them do) because
> you only want one firewall active.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

Many thanks to everybody. I finally found out that the factory
installed something called Symantec Client Security. When I removed
that, my FTP worked fine. Life is good, thanks to you all.

Carter

Carter Jefferson, Editor
The Internet Review of Books
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