Deb, effective use of .NET is also going to require that you have access to IIS somewhere - if not on your workstation then on a server on which you have better-than-anonymous rights. The .NET Framework you have installed isn't a web server - parts of it get attached to an existing web server to serve .NET applications. Moving on to .NET won't solve your problem.
Even if you had a backup CD for your XP Home operating system, other files not on that CD are required to run IIS on XP Home, as well as some careful fiddling. Have you tried the support line at your computer manufacturer to see if there's anything you can do with them? A manufacturer not offering *any* backup CD for the software you bought with your computer is unusual, even suspicious. Chances are they offer one cheap, or free, if you ask. Maybe you can work something out with them to get an XP Pro CD inexpensively instead? I don't think advice you've received that you can download IIS from the MS site is correct... but go look! Your other option is to set up a web hosting account somewhere - we like www.crystaltech.com. There - and probably other places - for about US$10 per month you can get hosting service for a no-database site. US$20 per month will get you service for a simple (MS Access) database-driven site. You can write your ASP or ASP.NET code in whatever you like - even Notepad - and then FTP it up to your hosted space to see if it runs. A bit cumbersome, but I have a hunch that you wouldn't be the first starting-out developer on a tight budget to do this. Final bit of advice: you will certainly find ASP easier to learn, but when you turn to .NET you'll find that an awful lot is different, and you'll have to unlearn or relearn a great deal of what you learned using ASP. From my current perspective knowing both (well, still just getting wet in .NET!) I'd suggest that you bite the bullet and jump into .NET. The much steeper learning curve will eventually pay off with significantly-reduced development time and much-more-marketable skills. Good luck. HTH -----Original Message----- From: deb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:05 AM To: ActiveServerPages Subject: asp/xp home Hi, new to all of the asp stuff. I'm in the process of teaching myself asp. I have Sams Teach yourself active server pages in 21 days. LOL, more like 121 for me, :>) Anyhow, I have found out that the IIS is not for my computer unless doing a hack. I did read the article on how to do this. My problem is that I don't have a start up disc for my computer. I have an hp windows xp home installed on my computer from the factory. Pentium 4 prosessor. To do any kind of format or program restore I do this from within my computer. So, since I can't get this done with the start up disc, how do I go about this? If this isn't possible, how do I learn the asp? I also have front page, however the test page that I did won't show the time that is supposed to show up when you write the code. I did everything according to the instructions but the only thing that shows up is the sentence the correct time is. I could just skip the asp and go to asp.net, I have the matrix and .net framework installed on the computer. However, this book wasn't cheap, and I'd really like to get through it. Thanks in advance for any help that you could offer me. --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
