# Change port on MS PWS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-port-on-ms-pws/133955>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-port-on-ms-pws/133955 "2002-10-26T07:21:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-port-on-ms-pws/133955/1 "2002-10-26T07:21:07Z")

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Sorry for the nerdy question but I am really stumped, and frustrated. I am running Personal Web Server on Win98 and would like to change the port that PWS serves through. MY DSL blocks incoming port 80, but when I called them they said I could reroute through another port and as long as I wasn’t using tons of bandwidth I would be fine. I just want to show my dad some ASP programs I wrote, but I cannot get PWS to serve on another port!

I have tried the following a number of times:  
[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q173663&](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q173663&)

I do not have FrontPage, but I followed the relevant instructions exactly and still no luck. The registry remains updated (holds the new value), but PWS does not seem to reflect the change. Any ideas/new strategies? Your help is much appreciated.