There were some XP patches recently that may be doing it. The fact that Vista is working fine seems to back that up.
Does it work from a different site? Which FTP client are you using and is there an update? --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Geoff Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[email protected]> > Subject: Help on FTP > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 5:50 PM > Guys, > > I have a weird one I cant seem to solve. My VFP app uses > ftp to download > files and has been running fine for several years and all > of a sudden it is > timing out on large downloads (eg 16Mb). The problem also > occurs outside of > my app using normal FTP. It is only failing on large files > not those under > about 10Mb. I can find no problems anywhere. Teh server is > Win 2003 and has > been rebooted, The router has been rebooted. It is > happening to a variety of > users not just one. The downloads get to the last 2kb and > times out. The > irony is that the users on VISTA are not having problems - > just thos on XP. > Ive tried it on SP3 and SP2 with no differences. Ive also > tried different > FTP server software with no differences. And it is ALWAYS > failing when > trying to finish the download - the last 2Kb or so. Most > times (not all) the > FTP server reports that the entire file has been sent but > fails to arrive at > the client end. > > Does anyone have ANY idea what is going on? Im loathe to > split my files into > smaller parts because A) it has been working for 3+ years > as is and B) > whatever the problem is wil eventually affect smaller files > Im sure. > > Help! > > Geoff > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
