Russell,

I've used Xitami with good success on windows before.  It's a combined
FTP and HTTP server, although the HTTP is enabled by default and the
FTP is disabled by default.

The configuration is done through the web interface, so if you don't
want to use the HTTP for webpages, set it to another port so you can
at least configure it without going through the files by hand.

Pretty straightforward and simple, and free.

As everyone else mentioned FTP is an insecure by default mode of file
transfer.  You should give serious thought to a VPN or SSH.

-Adam

On 11/2/07, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> 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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