If I have the XP Home Edition, can I install IIS using it?
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The answer is no. The XP Home Edition does not ship with the IIS components. You will need the XP Professional Edition to set up and utilize the IIS 5.1 server.
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Let's get started installing IIS:
The Internet Information Server (IIS) is not installed by default with a standard Windows XP Pro installation. You will need your original Windows XP Pro CD when prompted to install IIS, and you must be able to log in under a user account that has administrator privileges. Go to Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs ->
Add/Remove Windows Components.
At the Windows Components panel, select the Internet Information Servicess (IIS) checkbox, and then hit Next.
After you select the Next button, unless XP was installed from a network, you will be prompted for the original Windows XP Professional CD. Insert the CD and continue.
Once installation has completed, point a browser to http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 With a successful install, you should see the page below... easy cheesy wasn't it? Rock'in! Way ta go playa! You can also access your server home page if you know your computer's IP address or computer name. From a Command Prompt you can type ipconfig or ping localhost to find out that info if you are curious. Before we conclude, we need to do a few more things. Next we need to know how to configure and control the default document serving order and create our own server home page. Scroll on down for this next step.
Let's configure the default document serving order and create our own server home page. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services. Expand the local computer directory, then right click on Default Web Site and select Properties from the cascade.
After the Properties panel opens, select the Documents tab. In the Default Document listing box use the Add button to add index.htm and index.html. Now use the up and down arrow buttons on the left side to reorder the listing. Place the index.htm and index.html at the top and either move down or remove the iisstart.asp listing. Make sure you remember to hit the Apply button. Now whenever you place an index.htm in any folder, the web server will know that it's the default document and if available, it will serve it first in the directory.
Using Notepad or Dreamweaver, just write a simple index.htm test document and then save it into your C:\Inetpub\wwwroot directory.
Home page test
Cool! My own server home page.
<% Response.Write("My ASP test page works. Were there any doubts?") %>
<% response.write(Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_SOFTWARE")) %>
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