installing iis on xp home.

chunter

I've been following these instructions to install the IIS Server on XP home.
http://adamv.com/dev/articles/iis-on-xp-home/

But I'm getting a "you are not authorized to view this page" when i try opening
http://localhost/default.htm

anybody went through this process successfully?
seems to be something to do with xp profile names and passwords.

pcombo

yea i got it working. You need to enable, directory browsing.

I also have this running on my windows server as a download server.

Gaz1980

IIS Server on XP home? Thought you could only install IIS on Pro?

jaydeeuk1

Gaz1980 wrote: »

IIS Server on XP home? Thought you could only install IIS on Pro?

Officially yes. But you can install to xp home too - not tried it though.
Do windows security updates to IIS work?

Sounds like a permissions error, not directory browsing as hes using default.htm.
Open the security tab and check you settings. Probably want anonymous logon enabled and integrated windows authentication.

pcombo

nah if directory browsing isn't enabled you will get forbidden error etc.

"Probably want anonymous logon enabled and integrated windows authentication" will make no difference this is just for login prompt settings ;o

chunter

Got it going.
Went through the entire process again and it worked this time.
Not sure where I went wrong first time.