NEWBIE....NEED HELP

I have tried everything and read everything. I need help getting my FTP to work. I am using Windows XP firewall and have a router. Can someone please take me step by step on how to connect? I've tried forwarding the IP address and nothing works. I'm just plain frustrated plus I am no expert when it comes to internet connections and anything involving them including getting a FTP server up and running.

Please let me know who I can communicate with to get my setup complete and right. If you need any information, reply or email me.

Thanks,
Eric

Anybody going to give me a hand here?

Well what are you trying to connect to? Like I use FTP for only connecting to my xbox console.

StylinLancer: Did you try temporarilly disabling the firewall?