IIS, PHP and MYSQL

[diablos_raven]

I'm in college and I'm working on my grad project. I'm creating a database in mysql utilizing php and I have tried to install IIS on my XP Pro home pc and i go through the windows components wizard and try to install IIS and it goes through without any problem. I look for the menu under Admin tools I find that its not there. I'm out of ideas and i've tried to find info on this subject to no avail. Can you help.

[Doug_G]

One thing is you must be a local administrator user to successfully install IIS. Other than that I've never had problems installing on XP Pro. Maybe try turning off your firewall while you install.

IIS doesn't create any start menu items, it runs as a service. If you look in the control panel for administrative tools you should find an Internet Information Service icon. Take a look around in this MMC.

If IIS installed properly, you should be able to open a web browser on the same computer to http://localhost and get the IIS online documentation.

For PHP and IIS I used the manual PHP installation, not the PHP installer.

If you don't need IIS it might be easier for you to use a bundled package like xampp which installs apache/php/mysql in one step.

[ab4net]

go to my computer -> Right click -> manage -> and then you can find the MANAGEMENT tools for the IIS ... try else there is a problem needs solution ...