Thank you very much James. I thought (from all the previous articles I saw) that WordPress must have MySql and PHP. But from the header of the article in URL (will read a little later) I may not need the MySql at all.
>I have never installed XAMPP before but there is no reason why you can't run WordPress on IIS. You just need to install Fastcgi on IIS. Here is an option.
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http://techsugar.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/how-to-install-wordpress-on-iis-7-5-using-sql-server-2008/>
>Installing PHP and mySql without using XAMPP is not that difficult. The php installer can install fastcgi for you.
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>>Hi,
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>>I want to install XAMPP so that I can then install WordPress on my Windows 7 PC. Most of the work I do on the PC is with VS, IIS and SQL Server (and VFP of course).
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>>Could I run into a conflict with XAMPP (MySQL and PHP) running along with IIS on the same PC?
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