Setting up Microsoft's Personal Web Server on Your Computer – Part 4

Installation and Setup
Version 4.0
Part 5

Some Issues and Hopefully Some Answers:

Note: All of the following information can be found in Personal Web Server Help!

1. New Features Contained in Personal Web Server version 4.0 (Click Here to Review)

2. Installation Options and Components Installed for PWS version 4.0 (Click Here to Review)

3. Minimum Installation Requirements for Personal Web Server (Click Here to Review)

4. Glossary of the Terms Used in Personal Web Server version 4.0 (Click Here to Review)

5. Using Active Server Pages with Personal Web Server or Peer Web Services:

In earlier versions of Personal Web Server, if you wanted Active Server Page support with either Personal Web Server or Peer Web Services, you had to install the Active Server Pages components after installing your server software. The Active Server Page components are now distributed with the Setup programs for Personal Web Server version 4.0 but not with Peer Web Services. To download the Setup program for these components for Peer Web Services, connect to this link and download the appropriate files:

 http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ntoptionpack/askwiz.asp.

Note:  To install the Active Server Pages components for earlier versions of Personal Web Server running on Windows 95, download the Active Server Pages for Windows NT (i386) Setup files.

6. Internet Information Server

When most of the publications were written for version 4.0 of the Personal Web Server, the current release of Internet Information Server (IIS) was version 3.0. Version 3.0 has been superceded by Internet Information Server version 4.01 and then version 5.0. We have not yet tested version 5.0 with PWS.

You will need to visit the NT 4.0 Option Pack download area and download the following Windows 9x components to your computer and then expand them to install IIS.

 NT 4.0 Option Pack Download

These are the components you will need:

You can learn more about IIS by following this link, Learn More About IIS.

Note:  For more information on the Internet Information Server version 4.0 and the Active Server Pages components, connect to Microsoft’s Web Workshop.

7. Remote Data Service version 1.5 Release Notes (Click Here to Review)

Microsoft Remote Data Service (RDS) is a component of ADO (current version of ADO is 2.1) that provides fast and efficient data connectivity and the data publishing framework for applications hosted in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is based on a client/server, distributed technology that works over HTTP, HTTPS (HTTP over Secure Sockets layer), and DCOM application protocols. Using data-aware ActiveX controls, RDS provides data access programming in the style of Microsoft Visual Basic® to Web developers who need to build distributed, data-intensive applications for use over corporate intranets and the Internet.

Access 2000 If you intend to run any DAO code in Access 2000, you will need to add the DAO Library (Microsoft DAO 3.0, 3.51 or 3.6 Object Model) to your references by choosing Tools, References (in the Visual Basic Editor). If your DAO code still returns an error, remove the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.0 or 2.1 Library from your references, and your DAO code should run just fine, providing of course there are no errors in your programming.

8. Information About Advanced Configuration and Maintenance Settings (Click Here to Review)

This section contains information about:

9. Creating and Maintaining a Web Site (Click Here to Review)

This section contains information about:

10.  Adding New Publishing Directories (Click Here to Review)

This section contains information about:

11. Information about Custom Web Pages (Click Here to Review)

By using a variety of tools and techniques, you can create original, custom Web site content. This section introduces you to tools and techniques that assist you in constructing an interactive Web site. Some of the techniques are as simple as cut-and-paste, while others require some knowledge of a scripting language.

12. Information About Customizing Your Web Site (Click Here to Review)

This section contains information about:

13. Information About Using Project 98 and Personal Web Server version 4.0 (Click Here to Review)

14. Troubleshooting your Personal Web Server (Click Here to Review)

If you are having difficulty with your Web server, use the following sections of this topic to troubleshoot your problems.

• Installation
• Testing Your Installation
• Viewing Your Home Page

15. Release Notes and Troubleshooting Information (Click Here to Review)

Personal Web Server Release Notes and troubleshooting information are listed below:

See Also: Windows 98 Second Edition README for ActiveX Data Objects

See Also: ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) FAQ
See Also: Using ADO and RDS together

Access 2000 If you intend to run any DAO code in Access 2000, you will need to add the DAO Library (Microsoft DAO 3.0, 3.51 or 3.6 Object Model) to your references by choosing Tools, References (in the Visual Basic Editor). If your DAO code still returns an error, remove the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.0 or 2.1 Library from your references, and your DAO code should run just fine, providing of course there are no errors in your programming.

16. Accessibility for People with Disabilities (Click Here to Review)

17. Addendum to the Microsoft End-User License (Click Here to Review)

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