how do I upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro

[Richard]

I've just bought a new PC with XP Home on it. I didn't
realise that it didn't come with a personal web server
(as Win 98 did) and apparently I have to get XP Pro. How
do I do it? How much will it cost? What software do I
need, etc?

Any help greatly appreciated

Cheers

Rich

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

You need to buy the WinXP Pro upgrade CD - I think it's usually under $200.
I don't use XP Home so I don't know about IIS in it....but there are other
webservers you can probably use if you wish. If you're planning on hosting a
publicly-accessible website on your home computer, though, I advise against
it.

 

[Sooner Al]

If you just want to run a web serve then look at Apache...its cheaper than upgrading to XP Pro...

http://www.apache.org/

http://nagoya.apache.org/mirror/httpd/binaries/win32/#xpbug

http://nagoya.apache.org/mirror/httpd/binaries/win32/

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...