FTP problems after XP SP2

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Hi,

Try disabling passive ftp in the Control Panel/Internet Options/Advanced
tab.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jason" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
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> Anyone here know why I am not able to connect to FTP servers now that I
> installed XP SP2?
>
> In my browser I used to type: ftp://ftp.host.com
>
> I would then get a username and password box and be able to see
> folders/files.
>
> I still get the username and password box but it says operation timed out.
> make sure you have permission. This happens on more than one site
>