I wrote about this a little while ago, but still haven't been able to
figure it out

I am having a problem using FTP on Windows XP. It freezes up with any
FTP client i use. I have tried passive mode. I have tried using
ZoneAlarm as my firewall, and the Microsoft one. I have tried opening
up all FTP ports, both UDP and TCP. The crazy thing is, at home it
only freezes up with files/directories that are 7 characters long.

on commands like:

cd abcdefg
or
put 1234567

it freezes

Also, I have had the problem of it freezing up on another XP machine i
used at work.

However, when i boot my computer in Linux mode, ftp works just fine.

It didn't used to do this. I'm thinking it may be a problem with a
corrupted stack, since that's the only common denominator. Or, it may
be service pack 2, with microsoft firewall. Although even when i try to
turn that off, i have problems.

Is there any type of diagnostic tool I can use to figure out what's
going on? Any other advice?


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http://www.douglassdavis.com

www.douglassdavis.com wrote:
> I wrote about this a little while ago, but still haven't been able to
> figure it out
>
> I am having a problem using FTP on Windows XP. It freezes up with any
> FTP client i use. I have tried passive mode. I have tried using
> ZoneAlarm as my firewall, and the Microsoft one. I have tried opening
> up all FTP ports, both UDP and TCP. The crazy thing is, at home it
> only freezes up with files/directories that are 7 characters long.
>
> on commands like:
>
> cd abcdefg
> or
> put 1234567
>
> it freezes
>
> Also, I have had the problem of it freezing up on another XP machine i
> used at work.
>
> However, when i boot my computer in Linux mode, ftp works just fine.
>
> It didn't used to do this. I'm thinking it may be a problem with a
> corrupted stack, since that's the only common denominator. Or, it may
> be service pack 2, with microsoft firewall. Although even when i try to
> turn that off, i have problems.
>
> Is there any type of diagnostic tool I can use to figure out what's
> going on? Any other advice?
>
>
> --
> http://www.douglassdavis.com

I just uninstalled service pack 2 and it turns out that was what was
causing the problem.

It must be still kind of buggy.

In addition to the previous problem i stated, i used to have the
problem of my email clients freezing up when they tried to log in using
passwords of a certain length.

It's a pretty crazy bug to have, but apparently that was it.