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Internet: Web server: How install Microsoft Information Server (IIS) on Windows2000/XP Professional?

Apr 15th, 2006 17:22
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden - 6 November 2001 - 06:09 am ----------------------

Internet: Web server: How install Microsoft Information Server (IIS) 
on Windows2000/XP Professional?

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Steps: Overview:

'Start'
 'Settings'
  'Control panel'
   'Add/Remove programs'
     in the left pane click on 'Add/Remove Windows Components'
      1. enable option 'Internet Information Services (IIS)'
      2. enable option 'Networking services' (important, else it will
         not run)

       Have your Windows2000/XP CD ready

        After installation, restart the computer.
        Then activate IIS, by following the below steps:

PS Make sure you have no other software Web servers running, like
   Apache (check this in your task manager, tab 'Processes').
   You might have to uninstall this programs via 'Add/Remove programs'
   in order to have them made inactive.

[Internet: source: 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q262/6/32.ASP]

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[source: help: from Windows2000/XP help, via 'Start'->'Help'-
>'IIS', 'software checklist']

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To start IIS:
'Start'
 'Settings'
  'Control panel'
    double click 'administrative tools',
     double click 'computer management'
      expand by clicking
       on the '+' the option 'Services and Applications'
       in the right pane,
       right click on the
       line 'Internet Information Services'
        'Restart IIS...'
         then choose 'start IIS' from the list
         (you can also stop, restart)

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To check if IIS is working in your browser:

type in the URL field of your browser the following text:

 localhost

this is the default, and is accepted without a login

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or otherwise

 127.0.0.1

 Then possibly supply:

 (userid=<your Windows2000/XP userid>

  password=<your Windows2000/XP password>)

in the URL field.

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Then 2 browser windows with information open.

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To run .asp programs, you must store them inside the homepage directory

 \inetpub\wwwroot

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For example, if you create a file

 myfilename.asp

and you store this in the default directory:

 \inetpub\wwwroot

you can access this .asp file in your browser by typing the URL

 http://localhost/myfilename.asp

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To run your pages in the URL, your URL *must* start with

 http//localhost/...

 or

 localhost/...

else using e.g. the real filename, like

 c:\inetpub\...

will *not* run the .asp, .aspx or .php code
(but instead possibly show a blank HTML page)

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Trouble shooting:

If it does not run, check if e.g. another Web server runs already (e.g.
via Windows Task Manager, then check for e.g. Apache)

On Windows XP, you will not receive an error when two services try to
use the same port (80).
The first service to start gets the port.

On WinNT 4 and 2000, you will receive a message in the event
log if another application tries to start on a port already in use.

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Internet: see also:

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Internet: Web Server: HTTP: IIS: Microsoft Windows: Link: Overview: 
Can you give overview links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/33883/fid/173

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