>Just starting out here, so please be patient...
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>What exactly is ASP.NET vs. just the simple ASP code that a beginner like me is learning by reading all these postings?
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>Is it a newer version of ASP or IIS ? Does it have a GUI developer environment, or do you still just code in a text editor?
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>Do I have to update IIS on my Win2000 Server?
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>Does it require users to have a certain version on Internet Explorer?

ASP .Net replaces the VB script that ASP used with either C# or VB .Net. (Forgetting about J# and C++ for our purposes)
It also allows you to separate your HTML code from your C# or VB code (What I call programming code) by adding a function to your HTML objects that fires back to the server on the events you chose.
It provides Web Forms controls that can be placed on a page visually and render into HTML. (When using the IDE)
There is much more than what I have mentioned but as you get into it you will see, in a short time, more than I could ever state in a message.

You do not have to update IIS and it does not require the user to have a special browser. It's like a rip of of Web Connect with a new language behind it.