The installation procedures mentioned here are applicable for all editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. (For any new releases of Windows operating system, please consult the documentation accompanying the software demonstrated/mentioned below or visit Microsoft’s Web site for details.)

Installing Internet Information Server

Internet Information Server is available on the Windows installation CD. The IIS component is not installed by default with the Windows installation. To perform the steps required for installation of IIS as demonstrated in the demonstration video, please insert your Windows CD disc inside your CD drive.

You can also copy the i386 directory from the installation CD to your hard disk. Branded computer systems usually have the i386 directory copied on their C partition. If such is the case, you do not require the installation CD.

Click here to view the IIS installation demo, or follow the instructions give below:

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   Click the Start button on the taskbar and then click Run.

   
   


2. 
   

   In the Open box on Run dialog, type:
   appwiz.cpl
   This opens Add or Remove Programs. You can also run this by going to Control Panel and then clicking the Add or Remove Programs icon.

   
   


3. 
   

   From the Add or Remove Programs window, click the Add/Remove Windows Components button in the left bar.

   
   


4. 
   

   Scroll down in the Windows Component Wizard and select the Internet Information Services (IIS) check box.

   
   


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   Click Next.

   
   


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   When prompted, click the Browse button on the Files Needed dialog to specify the location for the i386 directory and click OK to close the dialog and continue with the installation.

   
   

When the installation completes, open up the root drive (the drive on which Windows is installed) of your computer. You will find a new directory Inetpub. This directory is created by the IIS installation.

Double-click to open this directory, you will find more directories. Double-click the directory wwwroot to open it. This directory is your default Web directory or virtual directory. You will be placing any ASP.NET Web pages that you create in this directory. You can also place HTML or ASP pages in this directory and access them locally through your Web browser. You can access this directory locally from your Web browser providing one of the following URLs in its address bar:

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  http://(your computer name)

  
  


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  http://localhost

  
  


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  http://127.0.0.1

  
  

Note:

To find out the name of your computer, run the command prompt and type:
hostname

This will show you the name of your computer.

localhost is used to refer to a computer hosting the services itself.

127.0.0.1 is the default IP address of your computer.