Personal Web Server (PWS) and Windows ME

some information presented by Stefanie Guim Marcé

In spring 2001 I was asked to write a book about ASP 3.0. Well, I did finally ... (The book appeared in German.)
When I started writing the book, I came across a problem - since I wasn't at home at that rtime, I used my notebook. And the operational system on my notebook is - Windows ME (surprise, surprise...)

Now there is a little problem with Windows ME, it does not contain the PWS which I needed at that time to test my ASP files locally.
This is how the story ran:

First I went to the official Microsoft Windows ME website. I didn't find any information there.
That is why I turned to the Microsoft Knowledge Base and searched for quite a while. Finally, I found what Microsoft says about using the PWS with Windows ME - well, basically it is that Windows ME does not include the PWS. (As if I had not known that before ....)

Next try. I turned to the major search engines and catalogs such as Altavista, Yahoo!, or Google.
At Yahoo! I found a whole site of links dealing with Windows ME. Basically, the links are specials from the time when Windows ME appeared. Nonetheless, I found some interesting information on Windows ME which I had not had before. At least, *this* try was worth something.

Finally, and by pure coincidence, I found a link that was helpful to me. It told me how to install PWS with Windows ME. People, this is what I call a useful link! Just follow the instructions and be astounded how well it works. This link is the tutorial I followed to install PWS with Windows ME.
Furthermore, I found some additional information at Macromedia and UltraDevFAQ.
However, when you are finishing the the installation, you are most likely to have this: Error Message: An Unknown Error Occurred While Making MTS Specific Changes to the System Registry . The link I have given here leads to the appropiate article in the Microsoft Knowlegde Base. The article also contains a patch (direct download) for the problem.

Furthermore you can find additional help here:

• Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center
• Downloading the PWS
• The newest version of PWS (direct download)
• Live Data Preview and Personal Web Server
• Windows Me crashes after choosing Preview in Browser
• Defining a site that uses PWS/IIS locally and FTP remotely
• Searching Google Groups (Newsgroups), search results (PWS), search results (Windows ME)