Re: IIS in XP home

Sure, buy a version of the operating system that provides the features you need. If you want a car with a V8 don't buy a 4 banger and then bitch about the V-8 not being available. If you what it, you know the correct method to correct the issue. If you are just looking for a little fun go buy a game your operating system supports and have a blast.

MultiGuy wrote:

Wow! Such hostility in these replies. I, too, have recently decided to learn ASP.NET and try some heavier web site development. I've been out of this line of work for some time. I thought it would be fun to challenge myself with something like this. I downloaded Visual Web Developer Express, bought a couple books, and went for it. Maybe during the download process, Microsoft mentioned that certain functions wouldn't work on XP Home, but it wasn't very obvious. Not that I would've understood. I didn't know what IIS was until I hit the road block of trying to learn about and try the login controls.

Remember folks, I admire you walking the company line, but I bet Mr. Gates wouldn't appreciate your tone in your replies. There are many users like myself that never would have imagined needing some of these features. I purchased XP Home 2 years ago. It's only been a week or so since I decided to attempt this ASP.NET stuff. I would like to learn more, but I'm not going to shell out hundreds of dollars for an OS upgrade for fun.

Besides, I've found countless inquiries about this IIS on XP Home thing all over the net. This isn't a small issue. It's not just a few users. Can't y'all do something for us?

"Chris" wrote:


Out of interest, why wasn't IIS included as part of XP home? 

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