FTP with Win XP Pro

captainbarred · 05-13-2005, 07:49 AM

I have win XP pro and a coworker of mine has a website that he wants to let me DL stuff from. Im supposed to set up my computer to be able to download from his machine. he set me up a username and password. and gave me the websitename.com but I dont really know what to do.

help!

ebackhus · 05-13-2005, 08:22 AM

If it's an FTP just type into a browser window ftp://yourfriendsdomain.com and you can browse his files like you would browse your own.

There are also plenty of FTP programs out there. CuteFTP and WS_FTP are among the most well known.

I sure hope you don't plan to pirate anything this way.

captainbarred · 05-13-2005, 01:00 PM

yeah i figured it out, thanks man, i was trying that but it doesnt work with mozilla

**Squashman** · 05-13-2005, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by captainbarred

yeah i figured it out, thanks man, i was trying that but it doesnt work with mozilla

http://fireftp.mozdev.org/

captainbarred · 05-24-2005, 08:24 AM

hmm, looks interesting, my friend recomended smartftp, that seems to work pretty good. thanks

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captainbarred Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 102 OS: XP Pro/Win Vista	FTP with Win XP Pro I have win XP pro and a coworker of mine has a website that he wants to let me DL stuff from. Im supposed to set up my computer to be able to download from his machine. he set me up a username and password. and gave me the websitename.com but I dont really know what to do. help!

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ebackhus Asst. Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 12,733 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System Blog Entries: 25	If it's an FTP just type into a browser window ftp://yourfriendsdomain.com and you can browse his files like you would browse your own. There are also plenty of FTP programs out there. CuteFTP and WS_FTP are among the most well known. I sure hope you don't plan to pirate anything this way. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

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captainbarred Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 102 OS: XP Pro/Win Vista	yeah i figured it out, thanks man, i was trying that but it doesnt work with mozilla

05-24-2005, 08:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
captainbarred Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 102 OS: XP Pro/Win Vista	hmm, looks interesting, my friend recomended smartftp, that seems to work pretty good. thanks