Windows 2000 Professional has been designed as a tool for development work and is not designed for full commercial web hosting. There are a number of differences between Windows 2000 Professional and the Windows 2000 Server versions of IIS.
Windows 2000 Professional - 10 Simultanious Connections - 1 Virtual Web Site - Does not support Host Headers Full support for Host Headers (WWW Service)
- Does not support ODBC logging Full support for ODBC logging
Windows 2000 Server Versions - Unlimited number of connections - Unlimited number of Virtual Web Sites
You can use Internet Information Services (IIS) on a Windows 2000 Professional computer to host a single Web site and a single FTP site. When you install IIS, Setup automatically creates the default Web site, which you can use to publish documents to other users on the LAN/intranet, or even on the Internet (although Pro is limited to a maximum of 10 concurrent connections).
There is no mechanism in the IIS console under Pro to create additional Web sites, since you can only run one at a time. However, here\'s a way to get around that restriction and create multiple sites if you have access to a Windows 2000 Server computer:
Copy the folders and files under \\%systemroot%\\SYSTEM32\\INETSRV\\IISADMIN to the same folder on your Pro computer and browse to
http://localhost/iisadmin/default.htm. You\'ll find you now have the ability to create additional sites.
Only one site can be running at a time, however, so you\'ll have to stop the current site to start another. You might find this capability useful if you\'re developing several sites and want to test them on your local computer before taking them live.
Note: This is untested and will probaly violate your Licence Agreement.