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Installing ASP

On Windows ASP is part of Internet Information Server (IIS), or it's tiny brother Personal Web Server (PWS). IIS/PWS comes on the CD-ROM of Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP Professional Edition. You can also install IIS/PWS on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 from the downloadable Option Pack , which also comes on the CD of several Microsoft products, such as Visual Studio 6.0. You may have to unzip the Option Pack before you can install it. You can also install PWS on Windows Millenium Edition, but there are some issues surrounding this. For more details read Microsoft Support Article Q266456.

Note: PWS can currently not be installed on Windows XP Home Edition.
Note: IIS (Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000) has a lot more configuration options then PWS. It would take an entire book to cover that.

For each Windows version the installation steps are discussed below. After installing IIS/PWS you should also follow the steps to test the installation.

Installation

Windows 95

  1. Go to the NT 4.0 Option Pack files and look for the folder x86/Win.95.
  2. Start setup.exe.
  3. Click on Next in the openingscreen and choose Typical installation in the next screen.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to place the website files (HTML and ASP). By default this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and we recommend to keep it that way.
  5. Click on Next.
  6. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows 98

  • If you don't have a Windows 98 CD follow the installation instructions of Windows 95.
  1. Look up the Add-us folder on your Windows 98 CD and open the folder PWS.
  2. Start setup.exe.
  3. Click on Next in the openingscreen and choose Typical installation in the next screen.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to place the website files (HTML and ASP). By default this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and we recommend to keep it that way.
  5. Click on Next.
  6. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows Millenium Edition

  1. Go to the NT 4.0 Option Pack files and look for the folder x86/Win.95 or install PWS from the Windows 98 CD..
  2. Start setup.exe.
  3. Click on Next in the openingscreen and choose Typical installation in the next screen.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to place the website files (HTML and ASP). By default this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and we recommend to keep it that way.
  5. Click on Next.
  6. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

  1. Go to the NT 4.0 Option Pack files and look for the folder x86/Win.WKS.
  2. Start setup.exe.
  3. Click on Next in the openingscreen and choose Typical installation in the next screen.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to place the website files (HTML and ASP). By default this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and we recommend to keep it that way.
  5. Click on Next.
  6. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows NT 4.0 Server

  1. Go to the NT 4.0 Option Pack files and look for the folder x86/Win.SRV.
  2. Start setup.exe.
  3. Click on Next in the openingscreen and choose Typical installation in the next screen.
  4. Choose the folder where you want to place the files (HTML and ASP) for the default website. By default this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot and we recommend to keep it that way.
  5. If neccessary also choose a folder for the FTP Service. We recommend not to change this, this also counts for the Application Installation Point.
  6. Click on Next.
  7. Choose the folder for SMTP Service. By default this is C:\Inetpub\Mailroot. We recommend to keep it that way.
  8. Click on Next.
  9. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows 2000/XP Professional

  1. Open "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel.
  2. In the left bar choose "Add/Remove Windows Components".
  3. Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click on Next.
  4. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Windows 2000 Server

  1. Open "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel.
  2. In the left bar choose "Add/Remove Windows Components".
  3. Select Internet Information Services (IIS) and click on Next.
  4. Restart the computer after installation (if neccessary).

Testing the installation

  1. In the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (or the folder you stated during installation) create a folder to place your own files in, like MyWeb.
  2. Make a textfile test.asp in MyWeb and use Notepad (or another editor) to put the following code in it:
    <%Response.Write Now()%>
  3. Open your browser and type: http://localhost/MyWeb/test.asp
    If all goes well you'll see a date and time in the requested page. ASP works!
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