Hi Russell, I meant to add to my previous mail....

Why don't you instead get familiar with SSH (using 'Putty'). Doing some 
quick research indicates....

SSH *is* available for windows, and you probably want to implement an 
SFTP server.

Here are some starting points:

http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chiark.greenend.org.uk%2F~sgtatham%2Fputty%2F&ei=UzQrR6a2CpyMgwKwifH3CQ&usg=AFQjCNEtEh-zdWFiiosvMznjktZ3Wxpq-A&sig2=aLVoBT_vcAlItaPq2aEQeg

Russell McMahon wrote:
> Summary:    Want to implement FTP server with minimum 
> bloodshed and effort.
>
> I run an Apache web server on a Windows XP home PC.
> Until now I've not provided remote FTP access.  I'd now like 
> to do so. I know that there are any number of suitable 
> software packages "out there" including many good free ones, 
> and all the information needed to implement them. I also 
> know that what is often trivially easy after you've done it 
> a few times can be arcanely hard and ultra time consuming 
> first time round. I also know that the fantastic straight 
> forward instructions that one finds on a website somewhere 
> turn out to be less useful than one hopes at the time. (Even 
> if all they are doing is eg telling you how to turn FTP on 
> on an existing Windows XP Pro box).
>
> SO
>
> Can anyone suggest the quickest easiest bullet proof way of 
> getting FTP going. Free would be good unless there's a 
> 'cheap' way that stands head and shoulders above all the 
> 'free' options.
>
> I could run it instead on a Windows XP Professional PC 
> separate from the Apache server if that helped. (eg from 
> memory I think u$oft took FTP serving off XP home but left 
> it on Pro).
>
> The object is to allow me to have FTP access from China if 
> required. Suitable security would be 'nice'. Ability to 
> upload files would also be nice but download (to China) 
> would suffice at this stage.
>
>
>
>         Russell
>
>   

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