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zynyxx · 09-02-2004, 02:39 PM

With Windows 98 there used to be a personal web server you could install. Does anyone know if this exists as a separate download. Reason: I have Windows XP Home and I am doing some web development for work but I can't test the pages. Or.. does anyone have a different windows solution. (I don't want to have to run Apache or anything like that because I don't have the time to rewrite code to run on a different web server.)
Thanx

zizdog69 · 09-02-2004, 03:13 PM

I thought that was part of Front Page?

spindles · 09-02-2004, 03:27 PM

The personal web server was released as part of the "Option Pack" for NT4. I'm not sure you can get it any other way.

Maybe this link will help:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nt...Pk/default.asp

I found this by googling Windows NT Option Pack

Maybe you could say what language you are programming in - might make it easier for someone else to suggest a newer web server...

MrFlux · 09-02-2004, 07:13 PM

http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_...h/pippo_xp.asp

Unless you have a Windows 2000 Pro/Server CD, you're shit-out-of-luck.

zynyxx · 09-03-2004, 02:34 PM

Thanx all for your input. I do have a windows 2000 server cd so I will try MrFlux's suggested article this weekend.

bendsley · 09-03-2004, 08:00 PM

How would you have to rewrite code to work on a different webserver? If it's html, then you shouldn't have a problem. The only issue I could see is if you're coding in ASP, which in that case you should rewrite it in PHP, because ASP just blows.

Also, just install the IIS on your windows xp installation (assuming you're using xp pro). With XP Pro, IIS can be installed through the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel.

zynyxx · 09-09-2004, 11:10 AM

I tried what mrFlux had, It almost worked on my XP Home, but I couldn't get the IIS Admin service to start correctly at bootup.. it would just hang up the system. Since the app was in ASP, and I was running out of time i just punted and since I was using an access db anyway I created some forms in Access. It'll work for now. Thanks for all your input.

urbandev · 09-09-2004, 03:07 PM

I would suggest using Apache 2, more secure than IIS and easier to set up...supports PHP coding, and has a lot more configurability than MS shit, and its what most major servers are running.
see:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=tfproject.org
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=urbandev.net

09-02-2004, 02:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
zynyxx Tilted	Personal Web Server With Windows 98 there used to be a personal web server you could install. Does anyone know if this exists as a separate download. Reason: I have Windows XP Home and I am doing some web development for work but I can't test the pages. Or.. does anyone have a different windows solution. (I don't want to have to run Apache or anything like that because I don't have the time to rewrite code to run on a different web server.) Thanx

09-02-2004, 03:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
zizdog69 Crazy Location: Arizona	I thought that was part of Front Page? __________________ "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space

09-02-2004, 03:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	The personal web server was released as part of the "Option Pack" for NT4. I'm not sure you can get it any other way. Maybe this link will help: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nt...Pk/default.asp I found this by googling Windows NT Option Pack Maybe you could say what language you are programming in - might make it easier for someone else to suggest a newer web server... __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

09-02-2004, 07:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_...h/pippo_xp.asp Unless you have a Windows 2000 Pro/Server CD, you're shit-out-of-luck. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

09-03-2004, 08:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	How would you have to rewrite code to work on a different webserver? If it's html, then you shouldn't have a problem. The only issue I could see is if you're coding in ASP, which in that case you should rewrite it in PHP, because ASP just blows. Also, just install the IIS on your windows xp installation (assuming you're using xp pro). With XP Pro, IIS can be installed through the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

09-03-2004, 02:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
zynyxx Tilted	Thanx all for your input. I do have a windows 2000 server cd so I will try MrFlux's suggested article this weekend.

09-09-2004, 11:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
zynyxx Tilted	I tried what mrFlux had, It almost worked on my XP Home, but I couldn't get the IIS Admin service to start correctly at bootup.. it would just hang up the system. Since the app was in ASP, and I was running out of time i just punted and since I was using an access db anyway I created some forms in Access. It'll work for now. Thanks for all your input.

09-09-2004, 03:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
urbandev Insane Location: Dayton, NV	I would suggest using Apache 2, more secure than IIS and easier to set up...supports PHP coding, and has a lot more configurability than MS shit, and its what most major servers are running. see: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=tfproject.org http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=urbandev.net __________________ Raoul Duke: "I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid, wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife." Dr. Gonzo: "Who said anything about slicing you up, man. I just wanted to cut a little Z in your forehead."