How to Setup a FTP Server in Windows 7

In Windows 7, you can share files on home network easily using Home Group but creating an FTP server gives you many benefits. The FTP can also be accessed by other Operating Systems in the network, You can also configure it to be accessed from anywhere through internet. In this short tutorial, I will guide you to make an FTP Server on Windows 7 for LAN.  

If your IIS is already installed then start from step 4.

Step 1

Open control panel  and then click on Programs.

Step 2

In Programs, click on Turn Windows features on or off.

Step 3

After clicking Turn Windows features on or off you will see a new window. Find Internet information Services and mark check on it and then click OK button.

Use the FTP Site Wizard to Create an FTP Site With Anonymous Authentication

In this section you, create a new FTP site that can be opened for Read-only access by anonymous users. To do so, use the following steps:

1. Go to IIS 7 Manager. In the Connections pane, click the Sites node in the tree.
2. Right-click the Sites node in the tree and click Add FTP Site, or click Add FTP Site in theActions pane.

When the Add FTP Site wizard appears:

• Enter "My New FTP Site" in the FTP site name box, then navigate to the "%SystemDrive%\inetpub\ftproot" folder that you created in the Prerequisites section. Note: If you choose to type in the path to your content folder, you can use environment variables in your paths.
• Click Next.

4.On the next page of the wizard:

• Choose an IP address for your FTP site from the IP Address drop-down, or choose to accept the default selection of "All Unassigned." Because you will be accessing this FTP site remotely, you want to make sure that you do not restrict access to the local server and enter the local loopback IP address for your computer by typing "127.0.0.1" in the IP Address box.
• You would normally enter the TCP/IP port for the FTP site in the Port box. For this walk-through, you will choose to accept the default port of 21.
• For this walkthrough, you do not use a host name, so make sure that the Virtual Hostbox is blank.
• Make sure that the Certificates drop-down is set to "Not Selected" and that the Allow SSL option is selected.
• Click Next.

5.On the next page of the wizard:

• Select Anonymous for the Authentication settings.
• For the Authorization settings, choose "Anonymous users" from the Allow access todrop-down. Select Read for the Permissions option.
• Click Finish.

6.Go to IIS 7 Manager. Click the node for the FTP site that you created. The icons for all of the FTP features display. 

Click finish and you are done. You can now access this local FTP server from any other node of your local network. In my case the URL for the FTP is ftp://127.0.0.1

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Do you by any chance wish to modify the behavior of Ctrl+Alt+Delete?

Change the following line in file /etc/inittab:

ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

Comment it out with #  to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del altogether or replace the/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now part with a command of your choice. This way you can first unmount NAS shares before rebooting forcefully or use the halt command instead of -t1 -a -r now.

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How to Install Windows on Your Mac

Step-by-step Tutorial to Install Windows Using Boot Camp

1. Goto Applications –> Utilities and open Boot Camp Assistant.
2. Click Continue on the initial Introduction screen.
3. Set windows partition size by dragging the divider.And click Partition button.
4. Once completed you’ll notice a new BOOTCAMP drive on your desktop.
5. Now insert your Windows Xp or Vista or 7 DVD and click the Start Installation button.

Note:
In this tutorial I have used Windows Xp.
6. Your Mac will restart, and Windows Xp will boot. You’ll be prompted with a window asking you which partition you want to install Windows on. Select the one with BOOTCAMP in the Name column. Selecting anything else may wipe out OS X or cause serious problems. Just format BOOTCAMP partition with NTFS.
7. As usual the normal windows xp insallation process will go. 
8. Once the installation has completed and your Mac has restarted again, you’ll be able to use Windows Os.
9. Now insert your Mac OS X Tiger (or Snow Leopard) DVD. When prompted, select Run setup.exe.
Note:
If you’re using Snow Leopard and a message pops up saying “Remote Install Mac OS X”, close that window and eject the CD. Put the CD in again and this time select “Open folder to view files”, navigate to the Bootcamp folder, and run setup.exe.
10. The Boot Camp installer will launch. Click Next to begin.
11. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next.
12. Choose Apple Software Update for Windows, and click Install.
13. The Boot Camp installer will install all the required drivers.
14. Once completed click Finish.
15. Again you’ll be prompted to reboot. Remove your OS X DVD from the drive, and click Yes to restart.
16. That’s it, you’re done! 
17. When your Mac boots, hold down the Option key to select which Operating System you want to boot into.

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