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LaoziSailor
05-01-2006, 09:00 PM
I'm not sure what you people out there deal with. At no time is there an intent to patronize (at least not willingly and if you think I am, ...please give it some time and the PM me first).

The thing is, I use File Transfer Program - FTP (or I should be!, ...my position so far has been able to sustain a personal-micro-economy and I really should stop procastinating and make the big bucks and go sailing :D ) and haven't been doing all I could. File Transfer Program (FTP) is an architecture in cyberspace in charge (de facto) of being the rules of how data is moved between two (2) peers [slap!] one is server and the other is the client. Sounds pretty erotic doesn't it? ...droool!

Anyway I needed FTP and it wouldn't work, nada, zero,...ziltch! WU_FTP Pro is not working, it won't connect, can you figure that one out huh?
So after going ballistic and calming down I checked the web and found a pretty cool forum sposored by the makers of my product. Priceless!
I joined and got almost instantaneous response to my plea for help. FTPplanet.com discussion groups (http://www.ftpplanet.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/003129.html) or
http://
www.ftpplanet.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/003129.html
had several suggestions posted which I have been checking and testing all day. I am happy to report that I got back more than I had hoped for. After I switched to WinXP, I didn't check many functions.
SP2 hurt many systems. FTP would not work.
I was taking it on faith. ...never again, never again will I attempt to trust Gates, Billy, oooh Billy boy! Then again you do have your philantropic aspect and I would immediatly suspect "it's a cover to show people I'm really cool and want to help however I can" and I could also be sooo wrong!
The suggestions also gave me back my "Create PDF from Webpage" option in Adobe Acrobat.

The kicker to this is that my laptop is also WinXP (SP2) and it had none of problems of my tower. FTP and Acrobat worked fine on the laptop.
So the FTPplanet.com folks were talking about the Window firewall and how crappy that was. Leads in that direction that didn't pan out.
When the forum (discussion group) approached the issues with Norton anti-thi, anti-that, etc. I clicked into Kaspersky's Antihacker program -- it was running and although I tried to tailor it didn't come out quite right. I ended exiting Kaspersky Antihacker and FTP, Acrobat started working.

So the ingredients of this soup:

WinXP (SP2)
Kaspersky Antihacker
ZoneAlarm Pro
Router port controls

turned this off and that on, or that off and this on. The only thing out of the equation is Kaspersky. OK got me a freebee job with them to see how to avoid the problems they cause and still benefit of their "antihacking" features.

teyrn
05-02-2006, 02:09 AM
Is WS_FTP still not connecting? Are you still running Kaspersky Antihacker? Have you dissabled the Windows firewall? If kaspersky is still running and you can't connect then I would see if there was some settings in Kasperky that would allow WS_FTP to connect. I'm really having trouble understanding your problem and if you are needing assistance. I don't know if it is me as I had to pop a lil more narcotics tonight for my back and probably not the clearest right now. If I have totaly spaced on this then I appologize. Please let me know what exactly the problem is if there actualy is one and I will do my best to help troubleshoot it.

metronycguy
05-02-2006, 03:48 AM
i think he has it fixed and hopefully is getting his sailing gear ready

LaoziSailor
05-03-2006, 02:07 PM
Teyrn and Mike,

Thanks for the support. Yes, like Mike says I have it working. Kaspersky is the source of the problem and will have to dig with their support folks if I decide to put it back up.

Cheers!

LaoziSailor
05-03-2006, 02:14 PM
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If I have totaly spaced on this then I appologize. Please let me know what exactly the problem is if there actualy is one and I will do my best to help troubleshoot it.

If anyone was going "googoo, gaaga", it was me Teyrn. I'm on other meds to take care of an ugly UTI, feeling like crap.

Thanks for your offer to help.

Cheers!