Re: SP2 killed ftp.exe(thanks Uncle Bill ya moron!!)

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:09:55 -0500

NunYa wrote:
> Oh I will cause coding like this from MS is Unacceptable...

I just don't see how it is coding from MS causing the problem in this case.
I haven't seen this problem reported often, matter of fact - this is it
(this thread.)

I realize SP2 is predicted (by some sources) to adversely affect (by no
fault of the end-user) 10% of the systems it is installed upon.
 Truthfully - this seems a bit high to me, even after being on these
newsgroups for a while. While it may not be so in your case and in a few
select cases I have seen on here, most have been end-user error when it came
down to it.

Let's go through this logically and in one pass so we can be sure everything
is thought of here.

You were able to FTP into more than one server and upload whatever you liked
before SP2 in Windows XP Professional. You installed SP2 and you noticed
this ability to upload went away. You did some research and/or asked some
questions and you tried to manually enable FTP in the firewall
configuration, you disabled the firewall completely and you resorted to the
extreme of Uninstalling SP2. None of these things restored your ability to
upload to multiple FTP sites as you could before SP2.

Is that about the gist of it? "Multiple FTP Sites", "Inability to upload to
them AFTER SP2 install" and "Normal remedies fail"?

-- Do you have access to another computer (WinXP w/SP2) to try your FTPing
with?
-- Have you tried a third-party FTP application, just to be thorough?
-- Have you tried from a non SP2 PC to make sure it works that way?

I'm going to be honest here and say that truthfully - FTP is just a bad
(albeit a reliable fallback) way to transfer files IMO. WebDAV, sFTP, and a
few other ways would be much more secure and easier to setup - unless, for
some reason, that is not an option. 

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<- Shenan ->
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