Asp.Net & Windows XP Home

Well - this is one of the most discussed topic in ASP newsrooms :)

As Micheal pointed out, Windows XP Home Edition does not include or support
any version of IIS. And it does not include or support PWS as well. For more
info on this, please refer to MS KB article - Q304197.

At the same time, I should mention this as well. Some time back, there was
this article publised at 15seconds.com which claimed there is a way to install
IIS in Windows XP HE boxes. You can find this article at -

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020118.htm

Having said this, my suggestion would be to upgrade to Windows XP Professional.

HTH,

Harish Mohanbabu

"Michael" <msanchez@runtimewebdev.com> wrote:
>Gary,
>
>You won't be able to run ASP pages on your machine without IIS. Which comes
>with the XP Pro version.
>Microsoft used to have a scaled down version of IIS called PWS (personal
web
>server) that could be installed on their other OS' like Win98 etc. I would
>check if they have that or something similar still for XP Home.
>
>"Gary Beckett" <beckett@gary.netkonect.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:3e7f53f7$1@tnews.web.dev-archive.com...
>>
>> Hi,Advice please. I have XP Home installed on my home pc and I have
>recently
>> purchased VS.Net Pro with a view to developing a web site (VB/Asp.net)
on
>> my home pc, then placing the site with a web host for all to see.
>>
>> I am working from books to get my site up and running. I have hit a
>problem
>> on the first example and it strikes me that XP Home may well be the
>limiting
>> factor.
>>
>> I understood that XP Pro includes IIS, but my plan was that this wouldn't
>> be an issue as the web host would provide IIS; it wasn't necessary for
me
>> to have IIS on my home pc. However, I think I've oversimplified with
this
>> assumption. Can anyone confirm that using XP Home is the limiting factor
>> here, together with the related limitations, particularly with respect
to
>> ASP.NET and my objective of creating a website for access via a web host.
>> Thanks, Gary.
>
>