Web Hosting Vista - ISS 7?

Hi I want to host a website on my pc, i%26#039;ve looked around and tried to and i must of done something wrong and when i enter my ip into my internet browser%26#039;s address bar, i get one of those annoying enter the password authorisation boxes, any ideas or instructions on creating a virtual server of hosting overall on vista would be deaply appreciated. Thanks in advance

David Gee

Web Hosting Vista - ISS 7?

Please forgive me if I don%26#039;t answer your question directly; It may be just my opinion, but IIS in general and IIS 7 in particular are quite convoluted, clumsy and insecure products.

I have no pre-concieved bias against Microsoft products, but I%26#039;ve worked with companies that used IIS in production systems. Despite all warnings they got hosed badly when security holes were discovered and exploited.

Vista access-control annoyances make things even worse, without solving any real problems.

As an alternative, I suggest considering XAMPP, which is user-friendly bundle of Apache and other goodies, that takes care of most installation and configuration issues. Also, setting virtual servers for Apache is well-documented and established procedure.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.ht...