Installing PWS

On Windows 95 or later, PWS offers the following three installation options:

Minimum install The minimum necessary components to operate PWS.
Typical install Minimum options plus additional functionality and documentation.
Custom install Presents all possible components as options, with all options included in the minimum and typical installations pre-selected.

The following table describes the available options for each type of installation. An X in the Min. column indicates options included by default in the Minimum Install option. An X in the Typ. column indicates additional options included in the Typical Install option. Options without an X in either column are available as selections in the Custom Install option.

Min.	Typ.	Components and Sub-components
	X	Front Page Server Extensions Supports the use of Microsoft FrontPage to manage your Web site, as well as create the site content.
	X	Front Page Server Extension Files
		Internet Connection Services for RAS A set of core Windows NT services that facilitate the creation of secure, seamless virtual private networks (VPNs), and improved dial-up connections. The Personal Web Server installation provides only the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) component of these services.
		Connection Manager Administration Kit
		Product Documentation
		Connection Manager Administration Kit Documentation
		Getting Started Documentation
X		Microsoft Data Access Components Easy use of databases with support for ActiveX Data Objects and the Microsoft Access driver.
X		Data Sources
X		Jet and Access
		Oracle
X		SQL Server
X		MDAC: ADO, ODBC, and OLE DB
		ADO Documentation
X		MDAC Core Files: ADO, ODBC, and OLE DB
X		Remote Data Service
X		RDS Core Files
		RDS Docs
		RDS Samples
		RDS v1.1 Files
		Microsoft Message Queue Allows applications to pass along transaction notification and continue processing without waiting for confirmation that the transaction has completed.
		HTML Documentation
		Microsoft Message Queue Client
		Software Development Kit
X		Personal Web Server A Web server that uses TCP/IP to host a Web site on the corporate intranet.
X		Common Program Files
	X	Documentation
		Active Server Pages
	X	Common Documentation Files
	X	PWS Administrator Documentation
X		Personal Web Manager
X		World Wide Web Server
X		Transaction Server Supports creation of Microsoft Transaction Server applications. A transaction is a server operation that succeeds or fails as a whole, even if the operation involves many steps. MTS also supports process isolation of applications.
X		Transaction Server Core Components
X		Transaction Server Core Documentation
		Transaction Server Development
		Transaction Server Development
		Transaction Server Development Documentation
		Visual Basic Transaction Server Add-In
		Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support Enables the remote deployment of applications on your Web server.
		Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support

To install Personal Web Server

You are not required to remove previous versions of PWS before installing this version, unless you installed the Alpha or Beta 2 versions of the product. To remove the Alpha or Beta 2 versions, use the Remove All button in Personal Web Server Setup. You are also required to remove the previous version of Winsock 2 installed with the Alpha and Beta 2 versions. See Troubleshooting for more information.
Select the Personal Web Server link and install the product. Restart your computer following the installation process. If you are installing over the Internet, select your platform and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note PWS installation requires Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 be installed on your computer. If you do not have IE 4.0, you are prompted to install it. If you choose not to install IE 4.0, you are effectively cancelling installation of PWS.

To use PWS on a computer that is not connected to a network, you must rename the Hosts.sam file located in the \Windows directory to Hosts.