You need to have IIS installed on your machine to deploy a web service using VS.NET.
Chris Sells http://www.sellsbrothers.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Syed.Alam > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Development/deployment of Web services on Windows XP > professional > > OK, slightly OT and probably dumb question: > > As I understand web service just requires some ISAPI extension dll to to > host the .Net engine and the assembly. Why is it then not allowed to create > a web service on Windows XP Professional? I remember installing VS.net on my > machine, and it forewarned that web service could not be developed on this > server. Any idea? what choices do i have now given that i do not want to > leave XP professional. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.