If you want to setup IIS on XP Prof, it's not installed by default, you
have to ADD it in - Control Panel, ADD/Remote Programs, Windows
Components, Internet Information Services (IIS), and select the options
you want.

Keep in mind, most home users running IIS that expose it to the public
get hacked in short order.

Listen Robin, I'm not saying this to hurt your feelings - really I'm not -
but if you can't even figure out how to find out what's installed on your
computer there is no way you should be running a web server. Running a web
server requires a high level of computer and security skills.

I've looked over the post where you explained what you are doing. Let me get
this right - you are learning to create webpages and you need a place to
test them. Someone who didn't bother to spend any time with you gave you an
off-the-cuff suggestion to upgrade to XP Pro and run your own webserver.

Here's a different suggestion instead - purchase a domain name and a little
place on the web from a reputable web host and make your own little test
site. Don't try to run your own webserver. This is way beyond you and
unnecessary. Again, please understand that I am not saying this to hurt
your feelings.

For instance, I've been extremely happy with my web hosting company for many
years. Their basic package is $6/month and they'll register your domain
name for $15. This would probably be adequate for you. Here's the link:

http://www.hostingmatters.com/web_hosting.html

I'm not advertising for them and I get nothing for recommending them; I just
think this is a better solution for you. With someone else doing the web
hosting, all you'll need to do is create your webpages, upload them to your
site on the hosting company's server, and see how they look in your varous
browsers.

Malke

I agree with Malke. You would be better off with a web server hosted by
someone else. This gives you real world testing. Unless you know exactly
what you are doing, developing a web site on the computer hosting the web
server can often cause problems. The site may run fine on your web server
but because of hard coded paths and other common coding mistakes it won't
run when you upload to another server so all your testing was a waste of
time. If you want to go this route and run your own web server for testing
then you should dedicate a computer on your network to the web server and do
the development on another computer.