I wrote about this a little while ago, but still haven't been able to
figure it out

I am having a problem using FTP on Windows XP.  It freezes up with any
FTP client i use.  I have tried passive mode.  I have tried using
ZoneAlarm as my firewall, and the Microsoft one.  I have tried opening
up all FTP ports, both UDP and TCP.  The crazy thing is, at home it
only freezes up with files/directories that are 7 characters long.

on commands like:

cd abcdefg
or
put 1234567

it freezes

Also, I have had the problem of it freezing up on another XP machine i
used at work.

However, when i boot my computer in Linux mode, ftp works just fine.

It didn't used to do this.  I'm thinking it may be a problem with a
corrupted stack, since that's the only common denominator.  Or, it may
be service pack 2, with microsoft firewall. Although even when i try to
turn that off, i have problems.

Is there any type of diagnostic tool I can use to figure out what's
going on?  Any other advice?

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