The following is how to connect to FTP server using the built in My Network Places feature of Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Professional. Other versions of Microsoft ® Windows ® may support My Network Places but the steps involved could be slightly different.
Before you can use My Network Places to connect to FTP server, you will need to add a network place first.
Click and choose . My Network Places window should appear.
Click . This should present you with Add Network Place Wizard. Click when done with the introduction.
Windows will try to fetch information from the Internet. After a while a menu will appear, choose and then click .
On the next screen you need to specify the location of the FTP server. Assuming your account username is u777 and your domain is example.com, specify ftp://u777@primary-ip.example.com. Click to contine.
On the next screen, you can specify a descriptive name of the network place you've just created. Click and then click .
After the FTP server has been added to My Network Place, it is easy to connect to the FTP server.
Click and choose . My Network Places windows should appear.
Double click on the network place you want to connect. You may be asked for a password.
When successful, a window showing your FTP network place should appear. Now you can use standard file operation (drag and drop, or cut/copy and paste) on this window.