re: XP Home and Personal Web Server
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by allan0201
(3 messages posted)
I tried this, but during the install, windows wouldn't
install all of the files even though I browsed the cd's
and located them. IIS showed up under components,
but it wouldn't completely install all of it.
On Saturday, January 3, 2004 at 3:52 am, Kathy wrote:
>Hi Alex: Use the instructions found on this site and you will be able to install
>iis rather than PWS. But as the instructions show you must use either WIN2000 or
>XP CDs once you have completed the first few steps. I found the following on another
>discussion group: How to set up a personal web server »
>How to enable personal web sharing in Windows XP Home Edition. [via 4 Guys From
Rolla
>ASP FAQ, via Poochkiss, 2/23/2002] Microsoft has discontinued the Personal Web Sharing
>product that came with Windows 95/98/ME, and IIS is only included in the Professional
>Edition. Furthermore, they appear to have gone to some length to keep you from installing
>it manually.
>
>Here’s what you have to do to set up a web server on Windows XP Home Edition:
>
>open C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF in Notepad or another text editor
>locate a section called [Components]
>find a line like this: iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,hide,7
>change it to this: iis=iis2.dll,OcEntry,iis2.inf,,7
>Copy IIS.DL_ and IIS.IN_ from the Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD (according to
this
>thread on devdex, Windows 2000 Professional CD also works, but the Professional
Edition
>of XP does not)
>From a command prompt, EXPAND IIS.DL_ IIS2.DLL
>Copy IIS2.DLL to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP
>From a command prompt, EXPAND IIS.IN_ IIS2.INF
>Copy IIS2.INF to C:\WINDOWS\INF
>Now you can start installing it. Go to Start menu, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove
>Programs, Add New Programs, select IIS.
>When prompted for files, alternately insert your XP Home Edition CD or the Advanced
>Server CD. You will have to manually search for each file on each CD; it doesn’t
>know the correct path for any of them. Some files (like INFOCTRS.DLL) are not on
>either CD, but they are stored in compressed form in C:\WINDOWS\I386. Select the
>compressed file (like INFOCTRS.DL_) and the installer will uncompress it and continue.
>Reboot
>You will still have to go to IIS Administration (Start menu, Settings, Control Panel,
>Administrative Programs, IIS) and set up virtual directories (right-click on Default
>Site and select "New virtual directory", then step through all the tabs to configure
>it). Also (and I’m not clear on this step), you’ll need to go to the Directory Security
>tab, click Edit, and browse for the user setup on your computer. If you have multiple
>users on the machine, you would presumably have to set up separate virtual directories
>for each of them and set privileges manually in order to allow each user to administer
>their own virtual site. If anyone has actually succeeded in doing this, please let
>me know."
>
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