How to set up IIS on XP Home Edition

http://cinemapremiere.com/guides/ps...l/iisxphome.htm

I've recently been trying to set up IIS on my computer and came across these directions. I hope they are helful for you.

Ah yes, but it is IIS5.0 which is now depreciated in favor of IIS5.1 (in XP-Pro) and IIS6.0 (WS2003).

IIIS6 behaves differently to IIS5.0, so if you can, I do recommend that you get XP-Pro or a dedicated server (you can build them for as little as £150/$300USD) and put WS2003 on it.

be aware when using XP + Norton Antivirus / Mcafee, then some components of the filesystemobject can't be used without disabling script blocking in these packages!

There are many reasons never to put IIS on XP Home with any of the available "kludges". XP Home has a crippled NTFS filesystem that doesn't provide the infrastructure IIS expects, for one. Your web on XP Home will be insecure since XP Home only supports simple filesharing for another.

XP Home doesn't have a "crippled filesystem", it just hides ACLs from the user when they're not in Safe Mode.

If you want to set ACLs and configure more "advanced" filesharing, go into Safe Mode then "Administrator", then you can override the NTFS ACLs

Sure, and run your webserver and do all your web design in safe mode too.

The end result is if you are trying to save the $100.00 by not getting XP Pro, then you deserve whatever problems or headaches you have to endure from trying to stuff a square peg in a round hole (IIS on XP Home).

I totally agree.
doing this is like trying to fix your car yourself without having the correct knowledge and permissions, just in order to save few bucks. while it may work (with some luck) if the car explodes in the future, you can blame only one person... yourself.
XP home should not have IIS. trying to cheat Windows is very risky...

Actually, the moral question is: "Why was XP Home missing a web-server in the first place?"

Ever since Windows 95 OSR2, the "Consumer" Windows edition has always had an optional ASP-compatible web-server in the VALUEADD dir on the CD (except for OEM distributions, of course).

But wait... you don't need IIS to run ASP.NET apps on XP Home, just use the Microsoft-sanctioned Cassini Server (Google for it)

it's obvious that Microsoft did this only for extra money... highly unmoral, very rude but not much we can do. they assumed those who are trying to be web developers will be rich enough to buy their most expansive products.

Well think about it... no "real" developer (not counting script-kiddies, but they'd warez Pro anyway) would be using XP Home. What with ACLs only being accessible in Safe Mode and the lack of AD support.