>This may be a stupid question, but...
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>I have a computer on loan, and would like to use it to test a web site I have been modifying. I have downloaded IIS Express, but not been able to get it to run as I would expect. The web documentation all seems to expect that the installation concluded correctly and the IIS Express service is running. I do not know if it is. How can test this and how do I copy a copy of the web site to it?

Ouch... it's been soo long ago...

I think there was something about the version of the XP. Most of heavier add-ons (and IIS counts as one) just wouldn't work on the home version. Check that first.