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 Services (IIS) on your PC.

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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 Services (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.

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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"

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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"

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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 - The installation
   program has added a new icon on your task bar (this is the PWS symbol).
   Click on the icon and press the Start button in the window that appears.
   
6. Open your browser and type in
   "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page.

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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!

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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 - The installation
   program has added a new icon on your task bar (this is the IIS symbol).
   Click on the icon and press the Start button in the window that appears.
   
10. Open your browser and type in
    "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page

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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 - its status can be
    checked by going into the Control Panel, then Administrative Tools,
    and double-click the "IIS Manager" icon
    
11. Open your browser and type in
    "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first ASP page

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How to install IIS and run ASP on Windows Server 2003
(Windows .NET Server)

1. When you start the Windows Server 2003, you should see the Manage
   Your Server wizard
   
2. If the wizard is not displayed, go to Administrative
   Tools, and select Manage Your Server
   
3. In the wizard, click Add or Remove a Role, click
   Next
   
4. Select Custom Configuration, click Next
   
5. Select Application Server role, click Next
   
6. Select Enable ASP.NET, click Next
   
7. Now, the wizard may ask for the Server 2003 CD.
   Insert the CD and let it run until it is finished, then click the Finish
   button
   
8. The wizard should now show the Application Server role
   installed
   
9. Click on Manage This Application Server to bring up
   the Application Server Management Console (MMC)
   
10. Expand the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager,
    then expand your server, and then the Web Sites folder
    
11. You should see the Default Web Site, and it should not say
    (Stopped)
    
12. IIS is running!
    
13. In the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager click
    on the Web Service Extensions folder
    
14. Here you will see that Active Server Pages are
    Prohibited (this is the default configuration of IIS 6)
    
15. Highlight Active Server Pages and click the Allow
    button
    
16. ASP is now active!