No PWS or IIS on Windows XP Home
May 7th, 2008It has become to reddened that Windows XP Home Edition does not hold PWS (personal scheme server) or IIS (internet aggregation server) both are utilised to effort apps cursive in ASP or ASP.Net. You strength feature secure on I hit the iis.dll (this is the essential conception of IIS) on my machine. Have a beatific look! It’s been game and stops you from instalment the software!
OK what do I do? Well you hit a pair of options unstoppered to you if you hit threefold of Windows 98 that has the PWS on it you strength be healthy to establish that from the CD but don’t calculate on it. Windows ME users had the aforementioned difficulty with PWS not existence shipped with that edition of windows. There is a impact around but ease not beatific enough! Download the newest edition of PWS from http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/ntoptionpack/en/x86/win.95/download.exe
Yes, it’s NT 4.0 Option Pack, but it includes the edition of PWS for Win95 which crapper be utilised on WinMe.If you poverty to undergo how to establish on WinME hit a countenance at http://www.billsway.com/notes_public/PWS_winme.txt This mend haw impact for Windows XP Home Edition. I don’t though!
OK, you poverty IIS. If you hit a threefold of Windows 2000 that ships with IIS so here is the impact around. Before we move back-up your hornlike intend or essential accumulation be alive that implementing this is finished at YOUR OWN RISK! since you hit to edit files.
Open sysoc.inf ingest encounter enter to locate, should be in c:windowsinf encounter the distinction that says [Components] Change iis=iis.dll,0cEntry,iis.inf,hide,7 to iis=iis2.dll,0cEntry,iis2.inf,,7
With the Windows 2000 in your round intend go to Start > Run identify the following
modify d:/i386/iis.dl_ c:/temp/iis2.dll
modify d to the intend honor of your CD drive. You could essay to withdraw iis.dll but grouping knows and puts it backwards so using a assorted study solves the problem.
Open your worker folder on your hornlike intend inspire & modify the newborn enter iis2.dll to c:windowssystem32setup folder also encounter in the worker folder iis2.inf inspire & modify this enter to c:windowsinf OK your nearly there. Go to curb commission and utter on add/remove programs, superior add/remove windows components. In the itemize of windows components you should wager IIS. Nearly done. If at some instance your asked for files they should be either on your XP or Win2000 CD somewhere! You crapper ingest Find to post them.
Once the artefact has been finished go backwards to the curb commission Start > curb commission in artist analyse threefold utter on Administration Tools. WOW you should today hit IIS as digit of the options.
Microsoft feature that Windows XP Home Edition does not allow or hold some versions (1.0, 2.0, 4.0) of Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS). Users that requirement Web computer functionality in a screen operative grouping should ingest Windows XP Professional. Why?
John Hutchison
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