Q/. Setting up Personal Web Server

A/. What is Personal Web Server?

Personal Web Server allows you to run Active Server Pages on your Windows 95/98 system. It is a free add-on supplied by Microsoft that turns your own PC in a local web server.

Here is a nice articles on installing Personal Web Server.

http://coveryourasp.com/PWS.asp
A complete walkthrough of installing PWS and setting up an application.

http://www.asp101.com/resources/haneng/042199.asp

Please note Microsoft does not support PWS under Windows Me. See FAQ Windows Me

Getting a copy of PWS

For Windows 98, Personal Web server is located on your Windows 98 CD-ROM. For Windows 95 it can be downloaded from the web at

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4OptPk/

Although it says Windows NT it really contains Windows 95 version of PWS

printable version

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