Re: How do I install IIS on XP Professional?

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From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders_at_NO-SPAMcpcmed.org)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:23:08 -0700

>I am not going to bypass the restriction with out permission. I will get
>the
> permission to by pass the restriction from desktop support. But they will
> still not do the installation for me. I will still have to do all the
> things
> myself. that is why i need to know how its done.
> I appreciate ur concern for my job :) Thanks

Not 100% sure but if the admin relaxes those restrictions I see no reason
why you shouldn't have the choice of installing IIS.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Vidit" <Vidit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DED224A-A675-4E0A-9603-61E99F4FB39E@microsoft.com...
>I am not going to bypass the restriction with out permission. I will get
>the
> permission to by pass the restriction from desktop support. But they will
> still not do the installation for me. I will still have to do all the
> things
> myself. that is why i need to know how its done.
> I appreciate ur concern for my job :) Thanks
>
>
> "Danny Sanders" wrote:
>
>> > Yeah there is a restriction in my organisation, which prevents this.
>> > But I
>> > need to get around it.
>>
>>
>> You might want to talk to the admin there. Bypassing security
>> restrictions
>> can get one fired.
>>
>> hth
>> DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
>>
>> "Vidit" <Vidit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:145AF667-80E7-4616-84E3-4649D88FF84D@microsoft.com...
>> > Yeah there is a restriction in my organisation, which prevents this.
>> > But I
>> > need to get around it. I have admin privileges on the machine and I can
>> > remove or change permissions etc..
>> > Where is this group policy defined? If there is a flag somewhere then I
>> > can
>> > change it and then try the install..
>> > and I have XP professional and not home edition .. thats for sure.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Either someone set a Group Policy setting to disable installing
>> >> IIS or you are actually running Windows XP Home Edition.
>> >> Contact the Administrator that setup your computer.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Carey Frisch
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> >> Microsoft Newsgroups
>> >>
>> >> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> "Vidit" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> | Installing IIS on Windows XP Pro
>> >> |
>> >> | If you are running Windows XP Professional on your computer you can
>> >> install
>> >> | Microsoft's web server, Internet Information Server 5.1 (IIS) for
>> >> free
>> >> from
>> >> | the Windows XP Pro installation CD and configure it to run on your
>> >> system by
>> >> | following the instructions below: -
>> >> |
>> >> | 1. Place the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive.
>> >> |
>> >> | 2. Open 'Add/Remove Windows Components' found in 'Add/Remove
>> >> Programs'
>> >> in
>> >> | the 'Control Panel'.
>> >> |
>> >> | 3. Place a tick in the check box for 'Internet Information Services
>> >> (IIS)'
>> >> | leaving all the default installation settings intact.
>> >> |
>> >> | The problem is here -- I dont see a check box for IIS. How do I get
>> >> to
>> >> see
>> >> | the list that would contain the choice for IIS.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

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