Running IIS On Win XP Home

[Carl]

I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to find
this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I have
heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I am
trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development with
that package.

My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use with XP
Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is not
an option for me at this time (I wish it were).

If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how does
one go about using it with VS.NET?

Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question but I
am at a loss at this point.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt VS.Net
will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but with some
trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting the two to
play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to work with XP
Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...

I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to
find
this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I
have
heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I am
trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development
with
that package.

My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use with
XP
Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is
not
an option for me at this time (I wish it were).

If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how does
one go about using it with VS.NET?

Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question but
I
am at a loss at this point.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Forgot to mention, Cassini is available at:
http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=6&tabid=41

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Mark Fitzpatrick" <ma******@fitzme.com> wrote in message
news:O7**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt
VS.Net will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but
with some trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting
the two to play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to
work with XP Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...

I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to
find
this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I
have
heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I am
trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development
with
that package.

My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use with
XP
Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is
not
an option for me at this time (I wish it were).

If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how does
one go about using it with VS.NET?

Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question but
I
am at a loss at this point.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all

[Carl]

Thanks for responding Mark. I will look into cassini and see what it is all
about. I fear however that with my limited knowledge of VS.NEt and web
development that the only way this is going to work for me is to buy a copy
of Win XP Pro.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote:

There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt VS.Net
will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but with some
trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting the two to
play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to work with XP
Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...

I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to
find
this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I
have
heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I am
trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development
with
that package.

My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use with
XP
Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is
not
an option for me at this time (I wish it were).

If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how does
one go about using it with VS.NET?

Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question but
I
am at a loss at this point.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

try mono's xsp server

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for responding Mark. I will look into cassini and see what it is
all
about. I fear however that with my limited knowledge of VS.NEt and web
development that the only way this is going to work for me is to buy a
copy
of Win XP Pro.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote:

There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt
VS.Net
will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but with some
trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting the two
to
play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to work with XP
Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to
>find
> this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I
> have
> heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I
> am
> trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development
> with
> that package.
>
> My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use
> with
> XP
> Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is
> not
> an option for me at this time (I wish it were).
>
> If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how
> does
> one go about using it with VS.NET?
>
> Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question
> but
> I
> am at a loss at this point.
> --
> Carl
> Trying to make sense of it all

[Carl]

Hi John,

Could you expand on this some more. Not sure what you mean by Mono
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" wrote:

try mono's xsp server

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for responding Mark. I will look into cassini and see what it is
all
about. I fear however that with my limited knowledge of VS.NEt and web
development that the only way this is going to work for me is to buy a
copy
of Win XP Pro.
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote:

There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt
VS.Net
will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but with some
trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting the two
to
play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to work with XP
Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...
>I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where to
>find
> this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support IIS. I
> have
> heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach. I
> am
> trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web development
> with
> that package.
>
> My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use
> with
> XP
> Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro is
> not
> an option for me at this time (I wish it were).
>
> If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how
> does
> one go about using it with VS.NET?
>
> Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie question
> but
> I
> am at a loss at this point.
> --
> Carl
> Trying to make sense of it all

[Cor Ligthert]

Mark,

I have only read in this that using the Cassini for real ASPNET development
with VSNet is almost impossible. A regular poster to this newsgroup Nick has
tried it very often (he is very keen in this kind of things). He told he
never succeeded and found every time an other hurdle to take.

Just to inform you

Cor

[Carl]

Thanks Cor
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"Cor Ligthert" wrote:

Mark,

I have only read in this that using the Cassini for real ASPNET development
with VSNet is almost impossible. A regular poster to this newsgroup Nick has
tried it very often (he is very keen in this kind of things). He told he
never succeeded and found every time an other hurdle to take.

Just to inform you

Cor

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

Mono is an open source runtime and development framework for ASP.NET based
on the Microsoft .NET framework. XSP is its asp.net web server

http://www.mono-project.com/ASP.NET

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi John,

Could you expand on this some more. Not sure what you mean by Mono
--
Carl
Trying to make sense of it all
"John Timney (ASP.NET MVP)" wrote:

try mono's xsp server

--
Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

"Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...

> Thanks for responding Mark. I will look into cassini and see what it is
> all
> about. I fear however that with my limited knowledge of VS.NEt and web
> development that the only way this is going to work for me is to buy a
> copy
> of Win XP Pro.
> --
> Carl
> Trying to make sense of it all
>
>
> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote:
>
>> There's a test web server available called Cassini. I haven't used it
>> myself, but it's supposed to enable you to work with ASP.Net. I doubt
>> VS.Net
>> will play nicely with it, as it's not designed for Cassini, but with
>> some
>> trial and error you may be able to come up with a way of getting the
>> two
>> to
>> play nicely together. It sure does beat trying to get IIS to work with
>> XP
>> Home and has far less implications on your OS's stability.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>>
>> "Carl" <Ca**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A8**********************************@microsof t.com...
>> >I am sure this has been asked many times. But I haven't a clue where
>> >to
>> >find
>> > this information. I understand that Win XP Home does not support
>> > IIS. I
>> > have
>> > heard of a workaround but frankly I am dubious about that approach.
>> > I
>> > am
>> > trying to learn VS.NET and eventually plan on doing so web
>> > development
>> > with
>> > that package.
>> >
>> > My question is this: Is there an alternative to IIS that I can use
>> > with
>> > XP
>> > Home and Visual Studio.NET for this purpose. Upgrading to Win XP Pro
>> > is
>> > not
>> > an option for me at this time (I wish it were).
>> >
>> > If there is an alternative, how does one go about getting it and how
>> > does
>> > one go about using it with VS.NET?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance and again, sorry about this type of newbie
>> > question
>> > but
>> > I
>> > am at a loss at this point.
>> > --
>> > Carl
>> > Trying to make sense of it all
>>
>>
>>