Re: XP Home edition doesn't have IIS 5.1 ?
From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:09:42 -0700
snowball wrote:
> If this is the case, why has xp home continually offered .net and .net
> upgrades. I downl;oaded the latest which was presented as " critical". It
> downloaded fine but complained about IIS not being there. Microsoft says
> that .net will be necessary soon for both versions of xp. Whats up with
> this? More to the point, I downloaded the origunal .net a few years ago as a
> critical program and was told at that time that this will soon be necessary.
> Are Home users getting jacked around here?
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23c%23YCCRlEHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>In order to use IIS, you'll have to upgrade to XP Pro.
>>You'll need to purchase the conventional "Retail Upgrade
>>Version" of Windows XP Professional.
>>
>>Unless SP2 is integrated into XP Pro, then one cannot
>>upgrade an existing XP Home w/SP2 installation using
>>a non-SP2 version of XP Pro. What you need to do is
>>create a SP2 "slipstreamed" version of XP Pro, then use
>>the new CD to upgrade over XP Home w/SP2.
>>
>>You have two options:
>>
>>1. Uninstall SP2 from XP Home, then upgrade to XP Pro.
>>
>>or
>>
>>2. Create a SP2 slipstreamed version of XP Pro (preferred)
>> and use the new XP Pro w/SP2 to upgrade.
>>
>>Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
>>(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:
>>
>>Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
>>http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
>>
>>Information on AutoStreamer 1.0
>>http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337&st=0&#entry245
>>
>>Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
>>
>>How do I install IIS on my Windows XP Pro computer?
>>http://www.petri.co.il/install_iis_on_windows_xp.htm
>>
>>--
>>Carey Frisch
>>Microsoft MVP
>>Windows XP - Shell/User
>>
>>Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
>>http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>"Bill Tudor" wrote:
>>
>>| Hi all,
>>|
>>| I have just installed .NET framework SDK and was proceeding nicely with
>>the
>>| tutorials when I found that I couldn't run the compiled program without
>>iis.
>>| Which led me to discover that I can't install IIS via the Control Panel,
>>| which then led me to realise that XP Home doesn't include it; which then
>>led
>>| me to realise that full .NET development can only take place in XP Pro.
>>| Nothing mentioned in the SDK tutorial or MSDN about this...
>>| So does anyone know if the only solution to this problem is to upgrade
>>to XP
>>| Pro (and then reapply SP2 etc etc? What a drag!
>>|
>>| Secondly is there an upgrade path from Home to Pro? Or is it as I
>>suspect a
>>| question of buying XP Pro?
>>|
>>| Thanks in advance for any replies,
>>| Bill Tudor
Because .Net framework is being used on more and more programs some of
which do run on XP Home.
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