Introduction

SEAGULL FTP is a fully featured, Windows-based LAN/WAN-to-FTP host connectivity product. SEAGULL FTP is easy to install and can reside on any Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 system.  Designed with administrators in mind for fast, simple, automated distribution to end users, SEAGULL FTP can easily be pre-configured and installed as a standard desktop application or distributed from a web server, file server, terminal server, via Email or via traditional magnetic media.

Scope

The purpose of this QuickStart Guide is to provide the SEAGULL FTP Administrator or end user a set of step-by-step instructions for performing a basic installation of SEAGULL FTP.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum requirements to run SEAGULL FTP:

• Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Windows NT 4 SP3, or Windows 2000
• 100 MHz 486 or Faster Processor
• 8 Megabytes of Memory
• 2 Megabytes of Disk Space
• VGA Display

How to Install SEAGULL FTP - Quick Install

Installing SEAGULL FTP is quick and easy.  When you purchased SEAGULL FTP online, you downloaded the entire program as a self-extracting executable file.

1. Browse to where you saved the downloaded SEAGULL FTP file.
    
2. Double click on the file to start the installation process and follow the prompts.

3. Change the Destination Drive and Directory as needed, or take the default (recommended).
    
4. Respond to the questions in the Options Box or take the default (recommended), and click the Install button.
    
5. Respond to the Software License Agreement screen and click the Finish button.

The SEAGULL FTP files will be installed and you will receive a message that the SEAGULL FTP installation was completed successfully.

6. Click the OK button.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SEAGULL FTP.

How to Start SEAGULL FTP

1. Double click on the SEAGULL FTP desktop icon or start it as you would any other Windows program by going to the Windows Task Bar and selecting “Start:Programs:SEAGULL FTP:SEAGULL FTP”.

Each time you start SEAGULL FTP, the following Message Box will display.

NOTE You can eliminate this Message Box by registering your copy of SEAGULL FTP by following the instructions contained in the message.

2. If you do not want to register at this time, click the Continue button.
    
3. The Define New Connection dialog will display.
    
4. Enter a Connection Name, Host IP Address (or DNS Name), TCP Port (if not 21), Username and Password.

5. Click the OK button two times.
    
6. Click the Connect icon on the SEAGULL FTP ToolBar.

Congratulations! You should now be connected to your FTP host.

SEE SEAGULL FTP Help for complete information how to configure SEAGULL FTP. To launch SEAGULL FTP Help now, click here.

Customizing SEAGULL FTP

SEAGULL FTP can be used right “out of the box” or if you choose, it can be customized by an Administrator to look and act exactly the way you desire, then distributed and installed.

SEAGULL FTP can be completely pre-configured so that end users can install and start using SEAGULL FTP immediately.

Here is a partial list of customizable SEAGULL FTP functions:

• Host connection list
• Screen size and location of the FTP Client (on the end user’s screen) upon launch
• Desktop colors
• Power keys content
• Feature locking
• Many, many more...

SEE SEAGULL FTP Help for complete information how to customize SEAGULL FTP. To launch SEAGULL FTP Help now, click here.