Hello Mike,
I tried changing the port to 445 but still got the file access denied error.
I then attempted to tried to go the FTP route as you suggested but spent nearly an hour trying to setup an FTP folder on the Windows 8.1 client and no matter what I do cannot access the ftp folder.
I created a folder in inetpub>ftproot>SCAN (where SCAN is the name of the folder)
I shared the folder and assigned read/write permissions to everyone.
I then added an FTP site through IIS Manager in Win 8.1. Verified the site is running and can access it through the browser of the separate machine. However the file SCAN will not show up.
AM I missing something that needs to be checked etc?
Thanks in advance,
LG