Regarding Web Server

[Chitra]

Hello,

I'm a licensed user of XP Home. But I can't use any web
server. Is XP Pro support web servers. Is it possible to
upgrade ro XP Pro? Is there any rebates avaliable for a
licensed home user?

Thanks

 

[purplehaz]

XP home does not have webserver capabilities using IIS, xp pro does. But xp
home can run a web server like apache just fine.

 

[Michael Stevens]

XP home does not have webserver capabilities using IIS, xp pro does.
But xp home can run a web server like apache just fine.

And for the rest of the question, you can use the XP Pro upgrade to upgrade
from Home to Pro. There is no rebate, check the online stores for discounted
prices. OEM versions will only do clean installs, so to upgrade, you will
need the retail XP upgrade.
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[Alex Nichol]

I'm a licensed user of XP Home. But I can't use any web
server. Is XP Pro support web servers. Is it possible to
upgrade ro XP Pro? Is there any rebates avaliable for a
licensed home user?

The Internet Information Server (IIS) is explicitly restricted to Pro
only. You can upgrade Home to Pro, but with the same Upgrade CD as used
for upgrading earlier versions of Windows - which is quite expensive.
Before doing so, look into use of Apache, from www.apache.org