   setting up a server.
  Hi all,I was wondering if someone could link me to some good stuff about seting up a server on my computer. I know very little about this so something simple would be nice. BTW I am running win XP professional.Is it complicated?  
  humm... perhaps telling us what you want to serve would help. ;  I want to have a regular web server. ;Apache is a very nice webserver. Get the windows installer Once it''s installed, the home directory is C:\program files\apache group\apache2\htdocs\ ;  Uh... use Linux instead. It comes with most of the server software you need for free... HTTP, FTP, SSL with PHP, MySQL and Perl support and more too. The thing is, are you willing to learn how to use Linux? ;  Well... you could just enable IIS if you have winXP pro and do not need uber-l33t-credit-card-number-SIN-protection-safety security.  Apache is nice too. ;  What's with linux... he asked for a web server... which FREAKIN can be run under XP pro without problems... and XP pro DOES come with IIS which is MORE THAN ENOUGH for any personnal webserver.   [edited by - xMcBainx on August 1, 2003 6:41:58 PM];  sorry, I know so little - I imagine my next question is very stupid... Is the address going to be my IP address?What's IIS how do I access it?   [edited by - vbeir on August 1, 2003 6:43:12 PM];  yes, on port 80 usually. ;quote:Original post by xMcBaiNx  Well... you could just enable IIS if you have winXP pro and do not need uber-l33t-credit-card-number-SIN-protection-safety security.  Apache is nice too.   Don''t even suggest using IIS, it is about a secure as sendmail.Apache DownloadYou will probably also want:Active Perl and PHP