If you are running Windows XP Professional on your computer you can install Microsoft's web server, Internet Information Server 5.1 (IIS) for free from the Windows XP Pro installation CD and configure it to run on your system by following the instructions below: - 1. Place the Windows XP Professional CD-Rom into your CD-Rom Drive. 2. Open 'Add/Remove Windows Components' found in 'Add/Remove Programs' in the 'Control Panel'. 3. Place a tick in the check box for 'Internet Information Services (IIS)' leaving all the default installation settings intact. 4. Once IIS is installed on your machine you can view your home page in a web browser by typing 'http://localhost' (you can substitute 'localhost' for the name of your computer) into the address bar of your web browser. If you have not placed your web site into the default directory you should now be looking at the IIS documentation.
Configure a default Web site
When you install IIS, it is preconfigured to serve as a default Web site; however, you may want to change some of the settings. To change the basic settings for the Web site and to emulate the steps that are required to set up Aptech Course for the first time by using the configuration file:
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Log on to the Web server computer as an administrator.
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Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
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Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Services Manager.
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Right-click the Web site that you want to configure in the left pane, and then click Properties.
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Click the Web site tab.
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Type a description for the Web site in the Description box.
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Type the Internet Protocol (IP) address to use for the Web site or leave the All (Unassigned) default setting.
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Modify the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port as appropriate.
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Click the Home Directory tab.
10.To use a folder on the local computer, click A directory on this computer, and then click Browse to locate the folder that you want to use.
11. To use a folder that has been shared from another computer on the network, click A share located on another computer, and then either type the network path or click Browse to select the shared folder.
12.Click Read to grant read access to the folder (required).
13.Click OK to accept the Web site properties.
Create a new Web site
To create a new Web site in Aptech Course, you must set up a virtual host and configure the individual settings for the host.

To create a new Web site in IIS, follow these steps:
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Click on Start, and then click on Control Panel.
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Click on Administrative Tools and then click on ISM (Internet Services Manager).
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Click on the Plus sign beside the Default Web Site. Right click on Default Web Site and select New from the drop down list. Select Virtual Directory to open the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard dialog box.
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Click on the Next button and follow the instruction to set the Web Site Content Directory.
Second Option:
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Log on to the Web server computer as an administrator.
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Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
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Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Services Manager.
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Click Action, point to New, and then click Web Site.
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After the Web Site Creation Wizard starts, click Next.
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Type a description for the Web site. This description is used internally to identify the Web site in Internet Services Manager only.
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Select the IP address to use for the site. If you select All (unassigned), the Web site is accessible on all interfaces and all configured IP addresses.
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Type the TCP port number to publish the site on.
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Type the Host Header name (the real name that is used to access this site).
10.Click Next.
11. Either type the path to the folder that is holding the Web site documents or click Browse to select the folder, and then click Next.
12. Select the access permissions for the Web site, and then click Next.
13.Click Finish.
Hosting an ACT Title on IIS Server:
1) Open the IIS server (Start - Settings - Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Internet Information Services)
2) Click on the Server Name to expand the node.
3) Click on Web Sites.
4) Right Click Default Web Site and click on New-Virtual Directory…
5) Click Next
6) Type a suitable name for Alias. This could be an abbreviation for the course name without space. Click Next.
7) Choose the Directory where the root folder for the course is located by clicking on the Browse button. Click Next.
8) Click Next without changing any of the default options. Click Finish.
9) The course is now deployed and is ready for use. This course can now be accessed on the client computers using Internet Explorer. For example if the server name is ABC and the Alias that we have provided in step 6 above is XYZ, the course can be accessed on the client browsers through the following URL:
http://ABC/XYZ/start.html
Note:
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The default port for the Default Web Site is 80. In case a different port than 80 has been set, it has to be provided in the URL. For example, if we are using port 90 for Default Web Site, we can access the course using:
http://ABC:90/XYZ/start.html
The port can be set in the Default Web Site properties pane. Under normal circumstances the default port should not be changed.
We can also access the course by using the IP of the server instead of its name. For example, if the server IP is 10.1.1.27, we can access the course using:
http://10.2.1.27/XYZ/start.html
2)
Popup blocker should be disabled for the course to run properly.