ASP on Windows 98

If you are running Windows 98 on your computer you can install Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS) for free from the Windows 98 installation CD and configure it to run on your system by following the instructions below: -

1. Place the Windows 98 CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive.

2. From the Windows 98 autorun CD menu select 'Browse This CD'.

3. From Windows Explorer select the folder 'add-ons' followed by the folder 'pws'.

4. Double-click on the setup.exe file found in the PWS directory. This will then start the installation of Personal Web Server (PWS).

5. Choose the 'Minimum' installation for PWS and leave it on all the default settings.

6. Once PWS is installed on your machine and you have rebooted as long as all has gone well you should see the icon, shown on the right, in the task bar at the bottom right hand corner of your desktop next to the clock.

7. Double-click on this icon to open the 'Personal Web Manager' from which you can configure PWS.

8. Once the Personal Web Manager is open you will see the Main dialog box were it will show your home page and home directory default values. Where the home page is shown below as 'http://My_Computer', will be 'http://' followed by the name of your computer. Clicking on each of these values will open your home page in your default web browser or open the default home directory in Windows Explorer.

Personal Web Manager - Main Dialog Screen

9. To view your home page in a web browser type 'http://My_Computer' (substitute 'My_Computer' for the name of your computer) into the address bar of your web browser. If you are not sure of the name of your computer then double-click on the 'Network' icon in the 'Control Panel', and click on the 'Network Identification' tab.

10. Until you place your own web site in the default directory for the web servers home page you should now be looking at the documentation for PWS.

11. To place your own web site in place of the PWS documentation in your home page you need to place your own web page in the 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot' directory making sure the page is called Default.htm or Default.asp. Now when you type 'http:// followed by your computer name', into your web browser you should see your own home page.

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