>Yeah, you are defintely going to need IIS. I haven't even really looked into if .Net framework for ASP.NET supports other web servers. It can be installed on WinXP Professional.
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>It is really simple to go install IIS, simply go into Control, Add/Remove Programs and go to the Add/Remove Windows components, and you should be able to install it there, it is labeled Internet Information Server.
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>There are a lot of good examples, on MSDN and http://samples.gotdotnet.com ,
>you can also check out http://www.c-sharpcorner.com . I think that site has a lot of good examples.
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>I installed the Duwamish C# example application and it is a great example of all of the components. It is a sample that comes w/ Visual Studio .NET, look in the sample or examples folders.
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>Hope that helps,
>
>Morgan

Very important!

After installing IIS, you have to run the repair utility to force .NET to re-configure IIS. Insert the Windows Component Update .NET CD and run the following from a command prompt:

<CD Drive>:\dotNetFramework\dotnetfx.exe /t:c:\temp /c:"msiexec.exe /fvecms c:\temp\netfx.msi"