Vista Home Basic - IIS issues

[GradStudent]

I have a Vista Home Basic Edition and I need to complete my School projects that need IIS .. I understand there are not much work -arounds for this issue..
1) I dnt think i have the Vista Installation CD with me..
2) Can i upgrade it to Vista Professional ?

[Ramesh S]

The following versions of Vista can support IIS 7.

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Windows Vista Business Edition
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

Refer this link: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/28/installing-iis-70-on-windows-vista/

Vista Home Premium Edtion does not support Windows Authentication in IIS. However Vista Ultimate will support it.

[GradStudent]

How abt Windows 7?
Should I have cautious abt the version even if i decide to go with Windows7?

[Ramesh S]

Yes. If you want to have complete features of IIS7, you may consider to go for Professional, Ultimate editions.

Home Premium is not sufficient for software development related work.

Since you are using IIS7 for your school projects, you can also use Windows 7 RC versions which is freely downloadable from Microsoft site. Try it before but it so that you can have some idea about the features.

[johnthompson]

Hi,

I found this link to be very helpful.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5413408_install-iis-microsoft-windows-vista.html