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IIS on Windows Xp Home

hi,
can any one help me out in installing IIS on Windows XP home edition,

I tried a lot but was unable to do so.

thanx

[127 byte] By [larange] at [2007-12-16]

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# 1

Sorry, but you cannot. It is not possible to install IIS on XP Home. But you could
install Cassini web server. (Look at the gotdotnet website). In VS 2005 you can develop websites/services without the need for IIS.

MarinusHolkema at 2007-9-9 >

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# 2

thanx
but when i searched for the same on net then there were some of the steps that i found which says that it is possible to install the same on win XP home.
you can find the steps
here
http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_server/iis_xph/pippo_xp.asp

i dont have any win xp professional or server cd so i grabbed the two files from
XP home only
but its not working.
will there be any difference in files from XP home ond win 2K

plz help me out
thanx

larange at 2007-9-9 >

# 3

Step 1 says:
You will need the installation CD of Win2000 Professional or Server (winXP Pro CD WILL NOT work) or a trial version of Windows 2000 Server

So I think without these cd's you're lost.

If had this problem a while ago. I tried several "solutions" on the net but none were satisfying. Reading the newsgroup I found Cassini:

http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=6&tabid=41

When you install VS 2005 you'll notice that the built-in Web Server looks a lot like the Cassini webserver.

MarinusHolkema at 2007-9-9 >

# 4

Hi,

Windows XP Home Edition does not include IIS or PWS.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q304197

You can install Windows Server 2003 Trial and get IIS 6 with it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

Regards,
Vikram

Vikram at 2007-9-9 >

# 5

hi to all

I will like to share one thing that performance is awesome. Its been approximately since 6 months i started using IIS on windows XP home.

larange at 2007-9-9 >

# 6

Well, then how? How did you install IIS on windows XP Home Edition 6 months ago?

I tried doing it my self by copying all files having iis in the name (iismui.dll, iisext.dll....) from system32 folder of a Windowx XP Pro to system32 folder of a Windows XP Home Edition, but it didn't work.

What did you do?

Mashti

mashti at 2007-9-9 >

# 7

AFIK you cannot get IIS running on XP Home edition. One of the alternatives is to download:

http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

This comes with a lightweight web server.

Swatanya at 2007-9-9 >

# 8

Why do you and some others say that when so many have succeeded? After all Windows XP Home is just a crippled version of Windows XP Pro.

I installed IIS 5.0 on Windows XP Home using information I gathered from several sources on the internet. It is running fine so far.

BTW, the "pippo_xp.asp" link that a lot of people have been referring to is broken. I have not seen the information there yet.

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Here are some images from my laptop running Windows XP Home on it. It is now running IIS 5.0 acquired from Windows 2000 disk.

IIS 5.0 Configuration screen

IIS Test for serving HTML page

IIS Test for serving ASP page

MisterEd51 at 2007-9-9 >

# 9

firstly the thread is in the incorrect forum, best to post your question over at the appropriate communities:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities

secondly, it is NOT possible to install and use IIS on XP Home. It was taken out for a reason and there was a reason for creating a Home and Professional Edition.

ahmedilyas at 2007-9-9 >

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