# How to install IIS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219 "2005-08-09T01:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/1 "2005-08-09T01:27:48Z")
I want to install IIS on my XP Home box. Someone told me this was installable as an XP component but my version of Add/Remove WIndows components doesn’t seem to think so. All the info on MS web site makes it looks like a commercial product offered at big bucks. Any hope for the home hobbyist? (I want to do some ASP development for a web site I have that is hosted on a Windows server; ASP is the only thing it supports.) ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/2 "2005-08-09T01:39:30Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I want to install IIS on my XP Home box. Someone told me this was installable as an XP component but my version of Add/Remove WIndows components doesn’t seem to think so. All the info on MS web site makes it looks like a commercial product offered at big bucks. > Any hope for the home hobbyist? (I want to do some ASP development for a web site I have that is hosted on a Windows server; ASP is the only thing it supports.) [Instructions for installing IIS on Windows XP Pro.](http://www.webwizguide.com/asp/tutorials/installing_iis_winXP_pro.asp) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/3 "2005-08-09T01:46:57Z")
IIS is not available in XP home. [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/iis.mspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/iis.mspx) > [@](#): > > To add IIS, use the Add/Remove Programs dialog box in Control Panel on your Windows XP Professional-based computer. IIS is not available in Windows XP Home Edition. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/4 "2005-08-09T02:58:53Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Any hope for the home hobbyist? (I want to do some ASP development for a web site I have that is hosted on a Windows server; ASP is the only thing it supports.) If you are using XP Home you can’t run IIS. Do you want to develop in ASP or [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET)? If [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) you can download a free development environment called [ASP.NET Web Matrix](http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=46). I’ve never used it so I don’t know how well it works, but the FAQs state that it has its own personal web server so no need for IIS. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/5 "2005-08-09T07:22:27Z")
Yeah, I was using Web Matrix at work just today, and the built-in server is more than adequate for testing purposes. (My friend’s box is running a web user service, with the front-end off of my machine). I know Apache has some modules to support ASP, but they may be more hassle than you want to put up with. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/6 "2005-08-09T14:42:36Z")
**Cooking** , my apologies for not realizing that you were using XP-Home. I would consider installing Apache with the ASP estensions. It’s free and very stable. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-install-iis/316219/7 "2005-08-09T19:57:51Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > Do you want to develop in ASP or [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET)? Just plain vanilla ASP, haven’t looked into .NET at all. > [@Dragwyr](#): > > **Cooking** , my apologies for not realizing that you were using XP-Home. > > I would consider installing Apache with the ASP estensions. It’s free and very stable. I have Tomcat installed now, I’ll look into that. Thanks.