WinServer 2003 and FTP

I Never Did Figure FTP Out

Once I reinstalled and got over being totally pissed at it, I decided it would be helpful to set up an ftp server so I could trade files back and forth.
This may seem logical to you, but it turns out to be impossible.
For one thing, casting around through the server setup system or the help system really gives no clue. For example, if you search for 'ftp server' the first thing you get is some weird Visual Basic mumbo jumbo (and oddly, I've even built apps with VB and had no idea what it was trying to say).
Much fumbling around and confusion.
Turns out it is theoretically possible to set up ftp, but it also turns out to be enormously painful. In fact, I can get to the point where it allows me to try and log in with an ftp client, but I cannot figure out how to successfully log in. Supposedly, it sets up anonymous FTP by default (asking for no password) but that does not seem to work. "Help" is not helpful, and I'm getting tired of this game ... so I just installed the putty clients and removed ftpd (or whatever the Windows Equivalent Naming Convention is.)
Really, I needed ssh anyway. And guess what you get when you ask the "help" system about ssh? "HOWTO: Manage Threads in a Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP System Service" That's all there is and there ain't no more. I didn't read it to find out what it has to do with ssh.
More's the putty.
Then I shut it down for a couple of more weeks just because I was sick of fooling with it.