IIS on XP Home Edition - Please Help

[max8]

Hi, I bought a new laptop (Toshiba 1415-s173)which came with XP Home Edition. The reason I bought is to learn .NET (C#). Now I came to know XP Home edition doesn't have IIS or PWS.
I truly appreciate any advice to overcome this.
1) Is it better to upgrade to XP-Pro, how much does it costs.
2) Format & full install XP-Pro, how much does it costs.
3) In Xp_home, try to tweak some files to run IIS - is it easy and is it safe.
Thanks in advance..

 

[linney]

In some respects the Home Edition has fewer capabilities than Windows 98/Me and one must upgrade to the Pro version (and pay noticeably more) to get them. They include:

Login into a Windows domain server (Windows NT, 2000 Server) on a local area network.
Personal Web Server. The Pro version has Microsoft's Internet Information Server which has a much more sophisticated web server than the Personal Web Server plus ftp and gopher servers. The IIS web server can run on the Internet."

http://www.google.com/search?source...q=Differences+between+home+and+pro+windows+xp

XP Home and Professional Difference
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Which Edition Is Right for You?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Some possible suggested workarounds but they are unsupported and sound complicated.

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

http://www.google.com/search?q=iis+windows+xp+home&hl=en&start=10&sa=N

http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&q=iis+windows+xp+home

Upgrading to XP Pro would be cheaper than purchasing a full version of Pro. You can use the upgrade version to do a clean install as long as you have a CD of a qualifying product, such as 98, ME or Home.

 

[max8]

Thankyou for the info "linney".
Could you also please explain about upgrading XP Home to XP Pro.
1) Is there any free upgrade site where I could dowmload.
2) Can I get XP-Pro upgrade from my friend and install it.
3) Where can I buy the upgrade version & approx how much it might cost..
Appreciate your help.

 

[linney]

Windows XP Versions: Comparative Pricing & Capabilities Win XP Edition Street Price What It Does. XP home can be upgraded to Pro.

http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/system/winxp.html#path

If you use a friends version of XP Pro, Microsoft might get a bit cranky and you'll have all types of activation and piracy problems.
This link will show you several ways XP can be installed legally.

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/indexwinxp.htm

 

[smah]

There are other web servers that can be run on xp home. If your interested, have a look at

http://httpd.apache.org