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Run ASP on Your PC

You can run ASP on your own PC without an external server. To do that, you must install Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Server (IIS) on your PC.

How to Run ASP on your own PC

You can run ASP on your own PC without an external server. To do that, you must install Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Server (IIS) on your PC.

If you are serious about using ASP, you should have at least Windows 98, Second Edition. 

If you are really serious about using ASP, you should go for Windows 2000.

How to install PWS and run ASP on Windows 95

Personal Web Server (PWS) is not shipped with Windows 95 !!

To run ASP on Windows 95, you will have to download "Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack" from Microsoft.

Download the "Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack"

How to install PWS and run ASP on Windows NT

Personal Web Server (PWS) is not shipped with Windows NT !!

To run ASP on Windows NT, you will have to download "Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack" from Microsoft.

Download the "Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack"

How to install PWS and run ASP on Windows 98

1. Open the Add-ons folder on your Windows98 CD, find the PWS folder and run the setup.exe file.
2. An Inetpub folder will be created on your harddrive. Open it and find the wwwroot folder.
3. Create a new folder, like "MyWeb", under wwwroot.
4. Use a text editor to write some ASP code, save the file as "test1.asp" in the "MyWeb" folder.
5. Make sure your Web server is running.
6. Open your browser and type in "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page.

How to install PWS and run ASP on Windows ME

Personal Web Server (PWS) is not included with Windows Me !!

Read article from Microsoft

A workaround!

How to install IIS and run ASP on Windows 2000

1. From your Start Button, go to Settings, and Control Panel
2. In the Control Panel window select Add/Remove Programs
3. In the Add/Remove window select Add/Remove Windows Components
4. In the Wizard window check Internet Information Services, click OK
5. An Inetpub folder will be created on your harddrive
6. Open the Inetpub folder, and find a folder named wwwroot
7. Create a new folder, like "MyWeb", under wwwroot.
8. Use a text editor to write some ASP code, save the file as "test1.asp" in the "MyWeb" folder
9. Make sure your Web server is running
10. Open your browser and type in "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page

How to install IIS and run ASP on Windows XP Professional

Note: You cannot run ASP on Windows XP Home Edition.

1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive
2. From your Start Button, go to Settings, and Control Panel
3. In the Control Panel window select Add/Remove Programs
4. In the Add/Remove window select Add/Remove Windows Components
5. In the Wizard window check Internet Information Services, click OK
6. An Inetpub folder will be created on your harddrive
7. Open the Inetpub folder, and find a folder named wwwroot
8. Create a new folder, like "MyWeb", under wwwroot.
9. Use a text editor to write some ASP code, save the file as "test1.asp" in the "MyWeb" folder
10. Make sure your Web server is running
11. Open your browser and type in "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page

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