Windows XP Pro and IIS5 - Multiple Sites

I recently got a new laptop (Dell Inspiron 8600) and installed Windows XP Pro on it (with SP2 installed already, yes :p).

One thing I hate about this, is that it includes IIS5 and you can't install IIS6 on it (not that I know of).

Why is this bad? Because you can only have one site... Which is something I got way to much used to running Windows 2003.

Luckily enough, Davy Belmans thought the same, so he developed IIS Admin.

It's a very nice tool, very small, and sits in the tray bar, allowing you to easily add new sites, and switch between them.

Yes, switch, because even with multiple sites configured, you can only run 1 at the same time apparently.

If you run Windows XP, and you don't have a way to get multiple sites working, get this tool, otherwise, comment and tell me how ;)

3 Comments

  • well...theres an ISAPI filter that supposedly allows you to actually RUN multiple sites concurrently with XP Pro...and IIS 5.x



    its called multisite...you can google for it.



    i couldnt make it work though..if you can, let us know.



    Gabe.

  • Bloody heck! Talk about coincidence! I just got my new laptop, a Dell Inspiron 8600 and just installed a fresh Windows XP Professional, and remembered seeing this cool utility that allowed you to create multiple web sites in IIS on XP Pro, but couldn't remember where...



    So - thanks!!!

  • Forget Multisite - its ok for very basic flat sites but can't handle asp. Read through their support forum backwards and it will save you a lot of time.

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