how do i Install IIS on Windows 2000 Professional

If you are running Windows 2000 Professional on your computer you can install Microsoft's web server, Internet Information Server (IIS) for free from the Windows 2000 Pro installation CD and configure it to run on your system by following the instructions below: -

1. Place the Windows 2000 Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive.

2. Open 'Add/Remove Windows Components' found in 'Add/Remove Programs' in the 'Control Panel'.

3. Place a tick in the check box for 'Internet Information Services (IIS)' leaving all the default installation settings intact.

4. Once IIS is installed on your machine you can configure IIS through the 'Personal Web Manager' found in the 'Administration Tools' in the 'Control Panel'.

5. Double-click on the 'Personal Web Manager' icon.


6. Once the Personal Web Manager is open you will see the Main dialog box were it will show your home page and home directory default values. Where the home page is shown below as 'http://My_Computer', will be 'http://' followed by the name of your computer. Clicking on each of these values will open your home page in your default web browser or open the default home directory in Windows Explorer.

7. To view your home page in a web browser type 'http://localhost' (you can substitute 'localhost' for the name of your computer) into the address bar of your web browser. If you are not sure of the name of your computer right-click on the 'My Computer' icon on your desktop, select 'Properties' from the shortcut menu, and click on the 'Network Identification' tab.

8. Until you place your own web site in the default directory for the web servers home page you should now be looking at the documentation for IIS.

9. To place your own web site in place of the IIS documentation in your home page you need to place your own web page in the 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot' directory making sure the page is called Default.htm or Default.asp. Now when you type 'http:// followed by your computer name', into your web browser you should see your own home page.