Re: Newbie - Web Manager

From: Jeff Cochran (jcochran.nospam_at_naplesgov.com)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:51:22 GMT

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 12:43:39 -0000, "Ady" <adrian.symons@lineone.net>
wrote:

>Hi There
>Many thanks for your continuing thoughts on this subject. Unfortunately I am
>running win XP home, however have spotted this (possibly Ms supported) :
>http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabIndex=4&tabId=46
>
>Is this what is need? A quote from the website:
>
>"Development Web Server. Develop and test your ASP.NET applications,
>without requiring IIS. Web Matrix includes a lightweight personal web server
>that serves most web content, including ASP.NET pages and XML Web Services,
>for local requests.""
>
>I am trying to run an ASP database driven website.

WebMatrix works for design and testing, but not production. For that
you need IIS, and for IIS you need XP Pro or a server operating
system, not XP Home.

Jeff

>"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
>news:OwSj9rj7DHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> "Ray at <%=sLocation%> [MVP]" wrote:
>> : I think I remember hearing that Microsoft actually had a KB article out
>> : there about how to install IIS5 on XP Home shortly after XP was
>released,
>> : but they removed it. That sure was nice of them to provide us with a
>hack
>> : for a little while, if this is true! :]
>>
>> I think that is correct Ray. IIRC, it is because they got a lot of flack
>> from the user base because of the other home versions running PWS and the
>> explanation that XP runs IIS, instead of PWS was not what they wanted to
>> hear.
>>
>> --
>> Roland Hall
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>> Technet Script Center - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/
>> WSH 5.6 Documentation -
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp
>> MSDN Library - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
>>
>>
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