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Can't navigate to ftp pages

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Hi, I'm using FF 21.0 and Win XP, sp3. I can't seem to navigate to FTP web pages. Unfortunately since I almost never use FTP, I don't know if it's the pages, or some setting on my computer. I can't find where a setting in the browser might change my access to FTP sites. Do I need to enable a setting on my computer somewhere? I can't navigate to either of two sites from FF or IE. The two sites I was trying to navigate to without success are:

=> ftp://umaxcare.com

            (safe hardware support site for my scanner to get an upgrade plug-in).

=> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/whql/hcl/win2000hcl.txt

            (microsoft HCL text file)

I get the standard respective "unsuccessful" page load error messages in both FF & IE.

Can someone please help me by suggesting if I have to change a setting and/or verifying if these pages still exist?

Thank you!

Hi, I'm using FF 21.0 and Win XP, sp3. I can't seem to navigate to FTP web pages. Unfortunately since I almost never use FTP, I don't know if it's the pages, or some setting on my computer. I can't find where a setting in the browser might change my access to FTP sites. Do I need to enable a setting on my computer somewhere? I can't navigate to either of two sites from FF or IE. The two sites I was trying to navigate to without success are: => ftp://umaxcare.com (safe hardware support site for my scanner to get an upgrade plug-in). => ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/whql/hcl/win2000hcl.txt (microsoft HCL text file) I get the standard respective "unsuccessful" page load error messages in both FF & IE. Can someone please help me by suggesting if I have to change a setting and/or verifying if these pages still exist? Thank you!

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I just tested the pages, and got the same problem. So it is not Firefox, but the pages itself.

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I just tested the pages, and got the same problem. So it is not Firefox, but the pages itself.

Modified by Microrobot

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OK -- thanks for testing it for me -- I wasn't sure! I Really appreciate your help and lightning fast response :))))

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you can test if it's working on mozilla's ftp server: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/

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Thanks, philipp -- really appreciate that link as well! :)

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<strike>The umaxcare.com site no longer seems to exist</strike>

This site works:

You need to use the correct case for the Win2000HCL.txt file:

Modified by cor-el