Web servers for XP home edition.

Check this

http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_server/iis_xph/pippo_xp.asp

Sunray

Also the same

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020118.htm

Sunray

Id prefer to use a well supported solution if its posible, is there any alternatives to IIS?

For windows xp home, this is just a work around.
IIS is supposed to be real good  you may even think of going to windows xp pro (IIS) or windows 2000 pro( IIS)

Sunray

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If you donot want IIS , try apache

http://nagoya.apache.org/mirror/httpd/binaries/win32/

You have to have windows xp Service pack 1 installed to work on apache

Thanks,
Sunray

Im just wondering can Apache  run ASP?

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yes it can

Thanks,
Sunray

Im confused, I thought ASP was properitary based (ie it Had to run on IIS always),will i require any additional tools?

just have your service pack 1 of windows xp installed
install apache
write some asp code . that should work

Sunray

check this

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/windows.html

http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/103101103.asp

Sunray

Im using XP not NT or windows 2000, doesnt say anything on XP?

this is my link again
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/#xpbug

get the files from this link

Sunray

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html

Sunray

Sorry but I still dont see where it says that ASP webpages will without using some tool like chillisoft?

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Actually you have asked a second question of whether asp will run in apache. I was primarly answering about IIS and apache webserver in windows xp

you need to have after market solutions for asp to run in apache .

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#asp  - check #10

Thanks,
Sunray

Sorry Sunray but that was the question to begin with...

Why a B grade. Did I not answer all your questions

Sunray

Ill think im gonna have to upgrade to XP-Professional edition, had plan not doing that though as i've heard horror stories of people that lost valuable data when upgrading especially using laptops

dont mean to be critical but you overlooked the fact i was looking to run ASP pages all the time...sorry

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> as i've heard horror stories of people that lost valuable data when upgrading
> especially using laptops

I have personally done from windows xp home to xp pro in my sony laptop and I have faced NO problem


Thanks,
Sunray

Point taken aboard sunran 2003,
Did'nt mean to offend,

Thanks for the help,
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you can still change to A if you think you want to. If not, no problem

Sunray

Try the Abyss web server (http://www.aprelium.com/ -- freeware) and use ActiveHTML (http://www.selisoft.com/en/ahtml/ -- shareware) as your ASP add-in (instructions @ http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/asp.html).

I downloaded them and installed them on my WinXP Home laptop, and I downloaded an off-the-shelp ASP app (UltraApp Portal, also free) from the net -- no problems!

Good luck!

Point of note about ChiliASP if anyone is interested:
I had this same problem with WinXP Home edition and no IIS - so I did the work around and everything was fine for a few months but I have since run into problems since - it doesn't run now and I can't get it working again.
So I got a version of ChiliASP (now owned by Sun) and this allowed me to run my ASP pages in Apache but my include files relative from site root would not work e.g. include virtual="/includes/header.asp" I had to change them to relative e.g. ../includes/header.asp
small price to pay but i thought i would mention it - Also I don't think components liek CDONTS work either.
I would really love to move my companies small intranet from ASP, MySQL, IIS  to ASP, Apache, MySQL but will miss components such as CDONTS and ASPUpload which are integral to my webapps.
I will continue my journey.

Why not move it to PHP, MySQL, Apache?

I'd like to learn PHP but it is hard to find the time especially since I am also trying to get to grips with ASP.NET with c#!

Another point about web servers for XP Home - What about the Cassini Web Server which is a free ASP.NET server from M****soft - it comes free with WebMatrix www.asp.net - I'm not sure if it runs ASP pages in addition to .NET pages ??? but you can take the exe from its folder and add it to your StartUp folder etc

Hi guys,
just to let ye know i have switched over to Apache and im now using JSP( could have have used PHP aswell) cause i wasnt willing to payout the extra money for XP-Professional to get IIS, wouldnt mind except 3-4 months ago i sold an old pc which had Win98+microsofts personal web server which i used previously for developing some ASP i did over the summer!!
... never thought i get this much hassle over not getting XP-Professional when i got my new pc...poor plannng on my part :-), anyway JSP isnt too bad,its nowhere near as user friendly as ASP but its not too bad, had alot done in java before but had done NO WEB development untill now with it