# I have windows XP, can i run asp pages **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [December 22, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442 "2003-12-22T22:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bigbadmilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@bigbadmilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigbadmilkman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/1 "2003-12-22T22:59:32Z")
Hi I want to build a shopping cart application in ASP using VB script, and I am using Windows XP at the moment. I found out that in order to make ASP pages u need IIS, or PWS. Does MS XP Home edition come with the features, or do i need to be using Windows NT ? I am a beginner at this so any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/2 "2003-12-23T00:49:28Z")
Home edition does not have IIS. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/3 "2003-12-23T01:59:02Z")
I’d use win 2000 pro. But as said before, win XP H.E. doesn’t support ASP. That the was basically the whole reason why i use php, because i couldn’t use ASP on my home machine. But Apache works fine on win XP :beam: I think you can use Xtami and asp and Win XP HE but i’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/4 "2003-12-23T09:15:49Z")
I happen to hate ASP and M$ in general, but… on the [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) website on [www.asp.net](http://www.asp.net), they have a free webserver called Cassini, that I believe lets you run [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) under WinXP home. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/5 "2003-12-23T10:36:53Z")
> \*Originally posted by njs12345 \* > \*\*I happen to hate ASP and M$ in general, but… on the [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) website on [www.asp.net](http://www.asp.net), they have a free webserver called Cassini, that I believe lets you run [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) under WinXP home. \*\* Wow … those were probably the most MS products you ever put together in a sentence ! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/6 "2003-12-23T17:07:31Z")
I hear it said that Apache have module can run asp, you need to install apache but I think it will hard to use database like access or use ODBC ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/7 "2003-12-23T17:19:55Z")
[http://www.asp.net/download-1.1.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1](http://www.asp.net/download-1.1.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1) [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) 1.1 is available as a free download and runs on the following platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server (SP 2 recommended) Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/8 "2003-12-23T17:44:38Z")
> \*Originally posted by njs12345 \* > \*\*I happen to hate ASP and M$ in general, but… on the [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) website on [www.asp.net](http://www.asp.net), they have a free webserver called Cassini, that I believe lets you run [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) under WinXP home. \*\* _blasphemy_ =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/9 "2003-12-23T17:54:57Z")
i know right ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/10 "2003-12-23T17:55:57Z")
> \*Originally posted by Voetsjoeba \* > \*\*[Error: ASP.net | The ASP.NET Site](http://www.asp.net/download-1.1.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1) [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) 1.1 is available as a free download and runs on the following platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server (SP 2 recommended) Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Server 2003 \*\* ah, but that’s just the framework, not the actual app server… to run [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) you need to buy WinXP Pro. That server I mentioned ought to work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/11 "2003-12-23T19:43:38Z")
and we’re talking about Home Edition which is a whole different story. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/12 "2004-08-21T19:47:43Z")
stupid home edition… i want asp ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/13 "2004-08-21T22:28:24Z")
asp (VBScript) is not [ASP.net](http://ASP.net), just in case that wasn’t mentioned. He was asking about ASP3 (VBScript), in which case you would need to run IIS. There is a way to install IIS on WinXP home, but it takes a bit of work and registry hacking (search google) If you want to develop using Visual [Basic.net](http://Basic.net) for [APS.net](http://APS.net) apps, the best tool is Web Matrix, which is free (built by the creators of [ASP.net](http://ASP.net)) and also comes with a built in IIS server for testing - installs with Web Matrix. It needs the .net framework of course, so unless that cannot install onto xp home, then I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/14 "2004-08-22T05:09:06Z")
> [@Oktrust](#): > > I think it will hard to use database like access or use ODBC Why would u want to use access anyway ??? ASP XP does it even mather ??? [size=1]sssssssttttt[/size] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/15 "2004-08-22T05:28:33Z")
you need apache… and chilisoft\_asp… that’s all 😜 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/16 "2004-08-22T07:30:27Z")
> [@ol4pr0](#): > > Why would u want to use access anyway ??? > > ASP XP does it even mather ??? [size=1]sssssssttttt[/size] dude access is not that bad. i mean personally i think mySQL is better, but let’s not totally bash access 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-windows-xp-can-i-run-asp-pages/38442/17 "2004-08-23T07:46:03Z")
> [@Digitalosophy](#): > > dude access is not that bad. i mean personally i think mySQL is better, but let’s not totally bash access 😉 Access isn’t THAT bad. I use it once in a while, especially when other empolyees are required to enter large amounts of data in to a non critical database, i use access rather than sql server. It lets them think they have more ‘power’ rather than giving them a form page or making a dts package.