Configure FTP Server

Step 1 Click on Start, Control Panel and go to Add/Remove Programs.

Step 2 Then click on Add/Remove Windows Components.

Step 3 For Windows 7 and higher, click on Programs and Features from 

            Control Panel click on Turn Windows features on or off.

Step 4 In the components wizard, scroll down until you see IIS in the list and

            check it off.

Step 5 Before you click Next though, make sure you click on Details and then 

            check File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service.

Step 6 For Windows 7 and up, go ahead and click on the box next to Internet

            Information Services and FTP Server.

Step 7 You also need to make sure you check the Web Management Tools

            box otherwise you won’t be able to manage IIS from Administrative 

           Tools later on.

Step 8 For FTP, you need to check the FTP Service box otherwise you won’t

            have the option to create an FTP server.

Step 9 Click OK and then click Next.

Step 10 You may be asked to insert your Windows XP or Windows Vista disc 

              at this point. You shouldn’t need a disc for Windows 7 or higher.

Step 11 Once IIS has been installed, you may have to restart your computer.

Step 12 Now we want to go ahead and open the IIS configuration panel to set
              up the FTP server. So go to Start, then Control Panel and click on
              Administrative Tools.

Step 13 You should now see an icon for Internet Information Services.

Step 14 When you open IIS in Vista or earlier for the first time, you’ll only see
              your computer name in the left hand menu.

Step 15 Go ahead and click the + symbol next to the computer name and
              you’ll see a couple of options like Web Sites, FTP Sites, etc.

Step 16 We’re interested in FTP Sites, so expand that out also. You should
             see Default FTP Site, click on it.

 

Step 17 You’ll notice after you click on the default FTP site that there are a
              couple of buttons at the top that look like VCR buttons: Play, Stop,
              and Pause.

Step 18 If the Play button is greyed out, that means the FTP server is active.

Step 19 Your FTP server is now up and running! You can actually connect
               to it via your FTP client software.

Step 20 I use SmartFTP, but you can use whatever you like best.