Gérard Leclercq wrote:
I own a laptop, original XP Home. Upgrade to XP Pro without succes to
install IIS. After windowsupdate, work arounds, etc.. hangs up.
Some articles
I upgraded from xp home to pro because i am taking an ASP course and
needed the iis server for labs and homework. Inetpub/www.root was
created but it wont run an ASP page - yes I am using
http://localhost/myfile.asp.
Just got a new laptop with XP home installed. Upgraded it to XP PRO
(SP2) and installed IIS5.1.
IIS Admin shows the default site running but browsing the site does
not work.
On the IE status bar the message starts Web Site Found...but then
after a long period of watching that wonderful status bar counting
up...it times out.
And so on. Better install a full XP Pro.
That's a piece of advice that applies specifically to your situation. I, and
many others, have not found it necessary to do a full install, and have not
run into the problems that you experienced. This discussion should be taken
to a Windows XP newsgroup if you wish to continue it.
Bob Barrows
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