How do I install IIS on XP Home Edition

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Heinz Kiosk

I want to explore web services.

I am using an XP Home machine.

How do I get IIS installed/running on this machine?

Thank you

Tom
 
Hi Tom

Go into control panel and then add/ remove programs.
Select add/ remove windows components.Then select IIS and
it lists evrything in there. When you click on apply and
then ok it will load them for you.

Hope this helps

Shaun
 
Heinz Kiosk said:
I want to explore web services.

I am using an XP Home machine.

How do I get IIS installed/running on this machine?

Thank you

Tom
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I just found the answer myself on MS web site. GRRRRRR!!!!

"Windows XP Home Edition does not support any version of IIS and cannot be
made to run IIS by any reliable method. Windows XP Home Edition was not
designed to be a development platform for Web-based applications. Upgrading
to Windows XP Professional will allow you to install IIS 5.1 on your system
so you can develop with ASP.Net. IIS 5.1 on Windows XP Professional is a
full-featured and capable Web server, but is limited to 10 simultaneous
connections since it is a workstation operating system and not a server
platform. There are also a few other limitations consistent with Windows XP
Professional being used as a client operating system and not a server
operating system. By and large, these are the same differences you find in
IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows 2000 Server or Advanced
Server. Nevertheless, Windows XP Professional is an excellent environment
for developing Web-based applications with the .NET Framework."

Anyone know a way round this? I'm quite pissed off because XP Server would
only have cost £50 extra bundled with my new PC but to upgrade it now will
cost £160.



Tom
 
Anyone know a way round this? I'm quite pissed off because XP Server
would
only have cost £50 extra bundled with my new PC but to upgrade it now will
cost £160.
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I meant XP Pro, TANSTA XP Server.
 
shaun said:
Hi Tom

Go into control panel and then add/ remove programs.
Select add/ remove windows components.Then select IIS and
it lists evrything in there. When you click on apply and
then ok it will load them for you.

Hope this helps

Shaun
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Unfortunately XP Home does not have IIS in the list. That is where I went
first.

Tom
 
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