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Web Server on XP home?
Name: Basildon Date: October 31, 2003 at 12:33:55 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 1500+/512
Comment:
I'm doing a bit of php development and I was looking to bring a bit of work home too .
Does xp home have a built in web server (my past experience was that 98 had PWS and NT had IIS)as I don't really want to upload & test on remote server.
Name: Norman Date: October 31, 2003 at 13:25:33 Pacific
Reply:
Windows XP Home Edition does not come with a web server. Windows XP Professional has IIS on it.
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Response Number 2
Name: Deputy DooDah Date: October 31, 2003 at 16:29:19 Pacific
Reply:
Mandrake or Redhat Linux are pretty easy to install and they come with the Apache web server. You can download either OS for free. If you're not familiar with Linux, I recommend Mandrake because it has more wizards and such.
Of course you could go out and buy XP Pro too if you just want to spend money.
I put Mandrake on my little sister's computer (she'd never had a computer before) and she finds it fairly easy.
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