Install IIS on XPPro development computer

I recently upgraded to XP Pro and need to get my development environment set up to run ASP.

It is my understanding that XP Pro comes with a free version of IIS that has a limit of 10 concurrent connections, which is fine for my needs as I am only using this for development purposes, not online use.

I found the following tutorial online describing how to install IIS from the XP CDROM.

http://www.webwizguide.com/asp/tutorials/installing_iis_winXP_pro.asp

I am hoping someone can confirm that this information is correct before I go ahead and install.

Also, I already have Apache and MySQL running as services (manual start, not autostart) on my system for developing PHP applications.

Will there be any conflicts between these two groups of software?

Can I install IIS as a service so I can manually start and stop it when I need to run the server for testing ASP?

Thanks for any help.

That looks fine to me.



If you have both running at the same time on the same port, then you'll have problems. Either run just one at a time, or switch one to another port, such as 8080.



IIS is a service which can be stopped using the services option in the control panel. But perhaps it may be better to keep all development on one server, so install PHP on IIS.

thanks for the feed back.