Re: WinNT 4.0/PWS vs Win2K/???

by "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>

 Date:  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:42:25 -0500
 To:  <pjkmecak(at)snet.net>,
"hwg-tech" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  snet
  todo: View Thread, Original
Win2000 Proessional has IIS services built in. The server is  much more
stable and robust than PWS.

An upgrade from PWS to IIS is almost a 'no-brainer'

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Kmecak" <pjkmecak(at)snet.net>
To: "hwg-tech" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: WinNT 4.0/PWS vs Win2K/???


> Hi, all.
>
> It's finally time for me to rebuild my Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
> machine from scratch  I currently run Personal Web Server so I can test
> stuff locally before I post it to the "real" world.
>
> I did get an Upgrade copy of Win2K Professional because I considered
> doing a very basic WinNT install and then upgrading to Win2K.  However,
> AFAIK, PWS doesn't work in Win2K and Internet Information Server
> requires WinNT/2K Server to run.  Since I've got just the one computer,
> I figured Win2K Server was overkill resource-wise and financially.
>
> So, is there anything analogous to PWS for Win2K Professional?  Thanks
> in advance for any help and advice.
>
> Paul Kmecak
>

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