Where are these commands entered? The RUN box under the Start menu? Or is there a program I run that has a command-line window like the old days when we were accessing BBS with modems?

>Jay,
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>See http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html for the basic requirements. Depends on how the firewall is configured. On the client, try an Active connect. If it doesn't work, try Passive mode. If that doesn't work, fix the firewall ;-)
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>>W2k Professional
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>>I try to access ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ but it times out. I'm fairly certain that it is because FTP access is blocked where I am.
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>>What settings - registry, browser, etc. - are used to block/unblock FTP access?