Noob question

IIS on Windows XP?

[tonynoriega]

Can you run IIS on an XP system?

[mattglet]

XP Pro, yes. XP Home, only by doing some less than friendly hacks.

[tonynoriega]

Ok, i got it installed. Ive created an index.html page in wwwroot and it looks fine...

Do i need to install DNS services on this machine?

[tonynoriega]

Also, if i want to be able to FTP upload files, say from dreamweaver, what do i need to create?

[angel1949]

if you want others visit the pages on your iis,you should add an Adress record to the ip adress,in the domain setting.DNS services isn't indispensable.

[kieranmullen]

IIS for windows XP Pro has FTP server built in, however I think you should disable it and get a program called servu they have a free version which would be perfect for your needs and has many more options.

[Devastated]

Maybe it would be pertinent to ask what are you intending to do with this machine? run it as a web server? if so what are you going to host on it?

[edited by: encyclo at 3:17 pm (utc) on Mar. 15, 2007]
[edit reason] no URLs please, see TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

[kieranmullen]

Well seeing that the IIS in XP Pro can only handle one site, its probably a personal site. Not shared hosting. However you could do multiple sites if you use xitami.com or apache on windows [httpd.apache.org...]

Lack of control panel though would be a pain.

KM