Suddenly can't connect to FTP

Hey All,

Yesterday I was trying to access my FTP through vista explorer, but couldn't
remember my password. I typed in the wrong password a few times and as a
result I can no longer access any of my FTP locations.

I have turned off Vista's firewall, turned off AVG, checked the router, made
a new port 21 rule, and restarted my PC.

I simply can't figure out what might have happened and I can't seen to find
any solution. If anyone knows what else I can check I would appreciate it!

Jeff

AutoComplete can be cleared of passwords. IE, tools menu, options, Content
tab.

Also click start, and type:
control keymgr.dll

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"crazylegsmurphy" <> wrote in
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> Hey All,
>
> Yesterday I was trying to access my FTP through vista explorer, but
> couldn't
> remember my password. I typed in the wrong password a few times and as a
> result I can no longer access any of my FTP locations.
>
> I have turned off Vista's firewall, turned off AVG, checked the router,
> made
> a new port 21 rule, and restarted my PC.
>
> I simply can't figure out what might have happened and I can't seen to
> find
> any solution. If anyone knows what else I can check I would appreciate it!
>
> Jeff

Hey,

This isn't an IE issue. I don't connect to my FTP via IE. I was using Vista
file explorer.

Not knowing my password isn't the issue, the issue is that I get a "Cannot
connect to FTP" no matter what FTP location I try to access. My friend can
connect to my FTP from his PC, but I can't.

UPDATE:

It seems I CAN connect to other FTP sites...but not my own.

Could Vista have blocked connections to those FTP's because of bad password
attempts? Can I check my PC for where that might be if that's the case?

crazylegsmurphy wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Yesterday I was trying to access my FTP through vista explorer, but
> couldn't remember my password. I typed in the wrong password a few
> times and as a result I can no longer access any of my FTP locations.
>
> I have turned off Vista's firewall, turned off AVG, checked the
> router, made a new port 21 rule, and restarted my PC.
>
> I simply can't figure out what might have happened and I can't seen
> to find any solution. If anyone knows what else I can check I would
> appreciate it!
>
> Jeff

There is an account lockout threshold setting in Account policies, but whether
that has anything to do with FTP I haven't got a clue.

Control Panel > Admin tools > Local Security Policy > Account policies >
Account lockout policy > Account lockout threshold.

Default is 0 , never lock out.

Thanks Dave, but there doesn't seem to be a "local security Policy" in Admin
Tools. :S

"Dave" wrote:

> crazylegsmurphy wrote:
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Yesterday I was trying to access my FTP through vista explorer, but
> > couldn't remember my password. I typed in the wrong password a few
> > times and as a result I can no longer access any of my FTP locations.
> >
> > I have turned off Vista's firewall, turned off AVG, checked the
> > router, made a new port 21 rule, and restarted my PC.
> >
> > I simply can't figure out what might have happened and I can't seen
> > to find any solution. If anyone knows what else I can check I would
> > appreciate it!
> >
> > Jeff
>
> There is an account lockout threshold setting in Account policies, but whether
> that has anything to do with FTP I haven't got a clue.
>
> Control Panel > Admin tools > Local Security Policy > Account policies >
> Account lockout policy > Account lockout threshold.
>
> Default is 0 , never lock out.
>
>
>
>
>

"crazylegsmurphy" <> wrote in
message news:34A9D210-5347-4E14-8C14-...
> Hey All,
> Yesterday I was trying to access my FTP through vista explorer, but
> couldn't
> remember my password. I typed in the wrong password a few times and as a
> result I can no longer access any of my FTP locations.
> I have turned off Vista's firewall, turned off AVG, checked the router,
> made
> a new port 21 rule, and restarted my PC.
> I simply can't figure out what might have happened and I can't seen to
> find
> any solution. If anyone knows what else I can check I would appreciate it!
> Jeff

Do you get an error message?
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=1&spid=global

crazylegsmurphy wrote:
> UPDATE:
>
> It seems I CAN connect to other FTP sites...but not my own.
>
> Could Vista have blocked connections to those FTP's because of bad password
> attempts? Can I check my PC for where that might be if that's the case?


......or firewall maybe?

>
> Do you get an error message?
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=1&spid=global
>

Yes, but I suspect it's not the issue. All it tells me is that the
connection can't be established. This doesn't help however as it's too
generic, and because I can connect to other FTP site (and others can connect
to my FTP) it seems it's just an error message that means nothing.

When I try to log into the FTP, it does hang the program for a good
minute...so something must be blocking it....but since it's not the firewall,
or virus software (and Vista Home doesn't have a password thing), I can't
tell what the problem is.

crazylegsmurphy wrote:
>> Do you get an error message?
>> http://support.microsoft.com/search/...=1&spid=global
>>
>
> Yes, but I suspect it's not the issue. All it tells me is that the
> connection can't be established. This doesn't help however as it's too
> generic, and because I can connect to other FTP site (and others can
> connect to my FTP) it seems it's just an error message that means
> nothing.
>
> When I try to log into the FTP, it does hang the program for a good
> minute...so something must be blocking it....but since it's not the
> firewall, or virus software (and Vista Home doesn't have a password
> thing), I can't tell what the problem is.


What about having a poke around in the registry, see if you have something like this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\policies