If you don't need to test asp you can install Apache on Windows XP Home. Otherwise you will need to bite the bullet and upgrade. If you want to test PHP & MySQL there are even some packages you can download that will install all and configure all three to work together at one time. Otherwise you can download the ones you need from each of products website.
While there are hacks out there that will let you install IIS on XP Home it tends to make the OS unstable. The reason Microsoft did not put IIS in XP Home is because it is intended to be used by the average person and not by developers. The average person doesn't want or need the complexity of a web server nor do they want to pay for it. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -----Original Message----- From: jmwcruiser The situation: I run on a Window XP Home PC and do not have a local web server. Up until recently this has been only a moderate inconvenience-- I just post the test pages on my hosted server in a test area. This is not the best solution but it was working. But now I have more sites to deal with (good news I guess!) and also they are using JavaScript, server side includes and CSS that need a server to adequately test the page before publishing. Unfortunately, the box I have with WinXp Home does not have Microsoft's IIS (I guess to sell more Pro versions MS stripped out the PWS that came with Win2000). ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
