Re: Easy Question - W2K & XP Pro

From: Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] (jmaltz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:06:17 -0400

Hi,

That icon isn't available starting with XP Pro, sorry :-/

And second, IIS 6.0 is part of the Windows Server 2003 operating system, so
no, unfortunately it cannot be installed on anything but Windows Server 2003 

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"Andy" <andyww14@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OP7sh8bWEHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Two questions really, the first is I have two computers, one running XP
Pro
> the other Win 2K Pro.
>
> Both have IIS installed, however the W2K has a little icon in the taskbar
> where you can start and stop the service but the XP Pro system does not.
>
> I find having this quite useful and would like to get it to appear on the
XP
> box but I can't find how to anywhere.
>
> Is this possible to do ?
>
> Secondly I hear the IIS 6.0 is available can XP pro be upgraded to have
> this, or would that mean installing Windows 2003 or something ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy.
>
>

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