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Web Server: Preface

To install IIS on Windows XP, first open the Control Panel and Add or Remove Programs. Select Add/Remove Windows Components and check the boxes for SMTP Service and World Wide Web Service. Click OK to install IIS. You can then map IP addresses to domains by editing the hosts file located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

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Web Server: Preface

To install IIS on Windows XP, first open the Control Panel and Add or Remove Programs. Select Add/Remove Windows Components and check the boxes for SMTP Service and World Wide Web Service. Click OK to install IIS. You can then map IP addresses to domains by editing the hosts file located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

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Web server

Preface:
A Web server is a computer program that delivers (serves) content, such as Web pages,
using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), over the World Wide Web. The term
Web server can also refer to the computer or virtual machine running the program. In
large commercial deployments, a server computer running a Web server can be rackmounted in a server rack or cabinet with other servers to operate a Web farm.

Install IIS on Windows XP:


To install IIS 5.1 on Windows XP Pro follow these steps:
1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. Click Internet Information Services (IIS) and then click Details.

5. In Internet Information Services (IIS), select the check boxes for SMTP Service
and World Wide Web Service, and then click OK.

6. In Windows Component selection, ensure that the Internet Information Services


(IIS) check box is selected, and then click OK to install the components that you
selected.

Map IP Addresses with DNS:


This method allows you to create settings for individual domains without altering your
main DNS preferences. This is useful if you don't have access to a DNS or if you want to
specify the location of a single domain without interfering with any of your other online
activities.
Open the following file in a plain text editor such as Notepad:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

The file looks like the one below. At the end of the file (in this case, under the localhost
entry), enter the IP and domain you wish to specify. When your browser attempts to
access a domain it refers to this file first - if the domain is found here then the specified
IP address will be used. If the domain is not found here, then the normal DNS server (as
specified above) will be used.

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