Thread: Iis

**bmarzouk** · May 22nd, 2001, 08:01 PM

Hello,

Where can I find IIS, does it com with Visual Studio 6 or with
Windows NT server?

Does it work with Windows 95/98?

thanks

**sail3005** · May 22nd, 2001, 08:43 PM

It only comes with NT server and windows 2000.

You cannot get it to work with win98/Me/95

**Kop** · May 22nd, 2001, 08:53 PM

Hi,
If you have win 95/98/ME you can use PWS(Personal Web Server) instead, it comes with the win98 cd, not sure about 95. Do a search on the microsoft download section you might find it.

Hope this helps

**JoshT** · May 23rd, 2001, 07:28 AM

IIS 4 and the Win95/NT Workstation version of PWS come on the NT Option Pack, which comes with newer versions of NT server, and the Option Pack is included with Visual Studio 6. (I think its on disc 2, called Server Components or whatever). IIS 5 comes with Windows 2000 right on the OS cd, it's installed by default on Server, for Professional you'd have to manually install it (Add/Remove Windows Components).

**sail3005** · May 23rd, 2001, 07:36 AM

PWS is not the same thing as IIS. It doesn't have as many built in components for things uch as sending EMAIL ect.

**monte96** · May 23rd, 2001, 10:58 AM

But it will do for development purposes

**seoptimizer2001** · May 23rd, 2001, 11:05 AM

Actually IIS is built into Win2000.

**sail3005** · May 23rd, 2001, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by seoptimizer2001
Actually IIS is built into Win2000.

Yes, i know this. PWS will work ok for learning the basics, but if you are gonna do any other in depth develoment i suggest you nuy at least Win2k Professional...

**monte96** · May 23rd, 2001, 05:03 PM

Actually W2K Professional is still PWS with the IIS MMC snap-in and still has the 10 user limit.

**sail3005** · May 23rd, 2001, 05:16 PM

What is MMC snap in?

**monte96** · May 23rd, 2001, 05:22 PM

Microsoft Management Console

It's the common interface to MS's services management. For instance, you open MMC when you are looking at IIS settings in W2K or when you open Component Services, or Computer Management. They all open MMC and the snap-in tells MMC which interface to provide.

**sail3005** · May 23rd, 2001, 05:40 PM

Well, the IIS that comes with Win2k also has other components for sending email etc. So why is it still considered PWS? What is the difference between win2k pro and server? Besides the user limit?

**monte96** · May 23rd, 2001, 09:20 PM

It's mainly the user limit. MS decided that if you want to use IIS for a real web server, you have to run it on NT Server/W2K Server.

The components come with Win2K I think, not IIS specifically.. but I'm not certain.

**sail3005** · May 23rd, 2001, 09:24 PM

So it is IIS then?

**monte96** · May 23rd, 2001, 11:32 PM

I take it back. It is IIS 5.0 but with these limitations:

Limited to 10 connections
Limited to one Web and one FTP server. In other words, you cannot create additional virtual Web or FTP servers.

That is straight from MSDN..

**JoshT** · May 24th, 2001, 06:23 AM

Yeah, the IIS tools or security patches downloaded from MS don't seem to care whether you're running Pro or Server, they work the same.

**sail3005** · May 24th, 2001, 06:24 AM

Ok, well thanks for all of the information guys.

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