REFURBISHED COMPUTER FROM HELL -- Joy Systems (Says its Version is 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600) However has not ever seemed to have SP3!! PROBLEM: Microsoft Updates wants me to install the following: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP 3 (KB955706) (upgrades all MS SQL Server 2005 Express...

Hi Andrew As I said before, I and thousands like me don't get installation media any more as our machines come pre-installed with Windows. Fortunately, when reading the documentation for Visual Web Developer (sorry, I should have done this first), I find you don't need IIS to test web pages on...

Hi Andrew I extracted the files from the XP SP2 exe file (WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2.exe) using the following command: >D:\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /integrate:D:\WinXP (I have a partitioned harddrive with D: as data) I point the installer to D:/WinXP/i386 but it can't find admxprox.dll or admxprox...

Hi Andrew Thanks for your quick reply. I've installed IE8 and now the Web Installer Platform runs OK. Problem 2 is now its asking for files from the XP SP2 disc, which I've installed to a directory on my machine. Everything goes OK until we get to the file admxprox.dll which I can't find...

Hello, I am a developer. I use ASP.Net 2.0 and SQL Server to run DotNetNuke and other ASP.Net Portals. I am about to but a new laptop which is offering me Windows Vista Home Basic. Please guide me which Windows should i buy? Should i go for Windows Vista Home Basic or buy Windows XP Professional only...

After hours of trying and re-trying and fustration, I finally installed PHP to work with MYSQL and IIS 6.0 on a Windows XP machine. I wrote an article with the steps. Here you go, http://www.atksolutions.com/articles/install_php_mysql_iis.html hope it helps... Anthony K

I could really use some help. I cannot seem to get the 'start' page for IIS to work via http://localhost . I have done the following: 1. Previously installed .net 2.0 distribution 2. Installed IIS 5.1 off win xp pro cd 3. Made sure IIS is running 4. Attempted to start and restart IIS When I run the following...