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dans34 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 11:49 am

there has been a notice on the ftp for ages now that they where going to close it

3155ffGd · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 12:07 pm

dans34 wrote:

there has been a notice on the ftp for ages now that they where going to close it

Where? I haven't seen it anywhere.

dans34 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 12:12 pm

mainly in the .header file and some in the readme's

3155ffGd · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 12:51 pm

Hmm? The FTP's server's MOTD was "Welcome to the Microsoft FTP server, please visit microsoft.com blah blah blah" up to the last second. No sign of an impeding closure. Not sure about the readmes but I didn't see anything there either.

mycomputerhelp · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 4:22 pm

startmenuisgone wrote:

linuxlove wrote:

startmenuisgone wrote:

My thought is they might of shut it down finally to make up more room on servers for new Windows releases, since that was all stuff for Windows 1.0-98 anyways and never was used, but was still turned on all those years.

Except that they have lots of servers on campus worldwide and in lots of datacenters, and don't forget all the contract hosting!

True. Actually funny now i think, right after MYCOMPUTERHELP Downloaded everything from it, they might of shut it down by the time 3155ffGd did. Hmmmm...

I don't see what I've done.
also: i found an account that worked

steve.ballmer
9152

DeFacto · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 6:56 pm

It was a joke in case you didn't get it... 8-)

startmenuisgone · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 11:04 pm

mycomputerhelp wrote:

startmenuisgone wrote:

linuxlove wrote:

startmenuisgone wrote:

My thought is they might of shut it down finally to make up more room on servers for new Windows releases, since that was all stuff for Windows 1.0-98 anyways and never was used, but was still turned on all those years.

Except that they have lots of servers on campus worldwide and in lots of datacenters, and don't forget all the contract hosting!

True. Actually funny now i think, right after MYCOMPUTERHELP Downloaded everything from it, they might of shut it down by the time 3155ffGd did. Hmmmm...

I don't see what I've done.
also: i found an account that worked

steve.ballmer
9152

LMAFO it dont need a password you joker.

john11 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 11:39 pm

dans34 wrote:

there has been a notice on the ftp for ages now that they where going to close it

dans34 wrote:

mainly in the .header file and some in the readme's

Really? The readme in google cache doesn't meantion it...

Tried to send an email to ftp@microsoft.com, but got an error, so I guess its gone forever. Or until they reopen the FTP.

Gligar13 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 3:21 am

Meh, it's all been mirrored elsewhere, just look at sites like filewatcher.

mycomputerhelp · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 7:54 am

startmenuisgone wrote:

mycomputerhelp wrote:

startmenuisgone wrote:

linuxlove wrote:

startmenuisgone wrote:

My thought is they might of shut it down finally to make up more room on servers for new Windows releases, since that was all stuff for Windows 1.0-98 anyways and never was used, but was still turned on all those years.

Except that they have lots of servers on campus worldwide and in lots of datacenters, and don't forget all the contract hosting!

True. Actually funny now i think, right after MYCOMPUTERHELP Downloaded everything from it, they might of shut it down by the time 3155ffGd did. Hmmmm...

I don't see what I've done.
also: i found an account that worked

steve.ballmer
9152

LMAFO it dont need a password you joker.

You can log in as an anon, but there are also accounts

winxpguy87 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 12:43 am

I was able to access the MS FTP fine in Firefox.

3155ffGd · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 1:27 am

Well well, looks like it's back up (even if a tad slow). Question is how long it will stay like that.

winxpguy87 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 4:36 pm

I will download the files than upload them to my ftp. But the problem is i can't access my ftp remotely.

popura98 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 5:03 am

Oh, I already know that ftp server. I saw that in windows 95 original service pack 1.

GL1zdA · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2012 6:56 am

I have mirrored the server. It's about 70 GB. I deleted MS Defender virus definitions - about 20 GB. /Services/whql is 25 GB of drivers, most people can also skip this.

john11 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2012 8:43 am

winxpguy87 wrote:

I was able to access the MS FTP fine in Firefox.

Oh, its back now.

DeFacto · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:05 pm

The server now requires authentication, anonymous login is no longer available...

3155ffGd · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:07 pm

Not here. Everything works fine for me.

DeFacto · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:11 pm

Requires authentication for me in both IE and FileZilla...

criminal · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:39 pm

DeFacto wrote:

Requires authentication for me in both IE and FileZilla...

Works for me. No auth required.

DeFacto · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:39 pm

I seem to be the only person with this problem. But it just won't let me login as anonymous...

PeterPanPirate · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:54 pm

DeFacto wrote:

Requires authentication for me in both IE and FileZilla...

Same here

Quote:

Response: 220 Microsoft FTP Service
Command: USER anonymous
Response: 331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
Command: PASS **************
Response: 530 User cannot log in, home directory inaccessible.
Error: Critical error
Error: Could not connect to server

Thlump · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:08 pm

It works for me now in Firefox and FileZilla.

john11 · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:48 am

All fine here.

Quote:

Response: 220 Microsoft FTP Service
Command: USER anonymous
Response: 331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
Command: PASS **************
Response: 230-Welcome to FTP.MICROSOFT.COM. Also visit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads.
Response: 230 User logged in.

Ahmed Jebara · **Post subject:** Re: Old MS FTP Server **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:41 pm

Looks like MS take it down for a while, at when DeFacto and PeterPanPirate tried to connect. Now it's back

It would be for maintainance.

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