IIS is not installed by default on Windows XP Professional. You will need to install it & will need your Windows XP setup CD for this process. Go to the Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs.From within Add or Remove Programs, **** on the Add/Remove Windows Components button on the left panel.
The Windows Components Wizard will appear. Check Internet Information Services (IIS) and **** on Details.This is all of the functionality being installed. Check the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service so you can gain experience with it. **** OK. **** Next.
After this it better to update the service using windows update...
Then Open the Control Panel and double-**** on Administrative Tools. You have a new icon there labeled Internet Information Services. Double **** and open it.
u will see something similar to the screenshot
Right-**** on Web Sites and choose Properties. Here you can set the properties for all of the websites.
ISAPI Filters
ISAPI Filters are functions in IIS where **** are passed through before being served to the web. For example, a **** is passed through the Compression filtered and compressed before being served. You can change the order **** are processed through the filters or Add new ones. Typically, you do not need to alter the settings on this tab.
The Home Directory tab contains the default rights for directories and also allows you to change settings for your web “applications.”
If you **** on the Configuration button, you will see the Application Configuration. This allows you to change extensions which are run through certain application DLLs. For example, ASP files are run by ASP.DLL which processes the commands and scripting contained in it.
HTTP Headers contains the header information sent from the server to the web browser. You can control content expiration from here – forcing browsers to request web pages if they're expired. You can change header information sent, Content Rating, or the MIME map – which files are handled by what application.
The Web Site Identification section allows you to assign an IP address for the Web Server to serve pages on.
**** on the advanced TAB and **** on ADD
Here you can specify Host Header Names that IIS will listen for. Again, if you had the Server version you can specify multiple websites to listen on one IP address but then enter different Host Header Names to separate your websites out. This should contain http://www.yoururl.com and yoururl.com to catch people not using www. Since your IIS server will only serve up one website, it's optional to enter this information.
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