| Q/. How do I set up PWs on Windows ME? A/. Microsoft is not supporting Personal Web Server on Windows Me but see below for
hints on using PWS and Windows Me..
See Knowledge Base article
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q266/4/56.ASP?LN=EN-US
Installing PWS on Windows ME
This information was taken verbatim from http://www.aspmessageboard.com/forum/showMessage.asp?F=30&M=290061&P=1
and we have not tested it ourselves and therefore cannot assure you that it
is perfectly safe.
For installing PWS on Win ME
Download the newest version of PWS from
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/ntoptionpack/en/x86/win.95/download.exe.
Yes, this is the NT 4.0 Option Pack, but it includes the version of PWS for
Win95 which can be used on WinMe with the following tweaks. After
downloading Download.exe, run it and select the option to download PWS for Win95.
See http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q246/0/81.asp.
Download the patch and implement per the instruction in this KB article.
Important! Do a Custom install of PWS, installing only the Transaction Server
component. To do this, uncheck all the options, then check
Transaction Server - it will add checks to the other components needed for it,
but not the Personal Web Server option.
After Setup completes and a reboot, re-run Setup and add PWS. Reboot after
Setup completes.
PWS should now work. Easiest way to implement using it for local copies of
your web pages is to copy the contents of the entire local folder structure
of your web site to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (or the folder you selected during PWS
setup). To clarify, if the local copy of your web site is in
D:\MyWebSite, with the default start page and all sub-folders located there,
you copy all the files and sub-folders, but not the D:\MyWebSite
folder itself.
If you are using ASP and your start page is default.asp, allow your file to
overwrite the default.asp file already in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. If you are
using index.htm or some other start page, you need to rename the PWS default.asp
file so it is not the default page for the local site.
In your web browser address bar, type...
Http://127.0.0.1/
...to bring up your start page.
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