Source Control

[Erin]

I am running FrontPage 2002 on a Windows 98 peer-to-peer network. One of the
PCs on the network (not the PC where the FP Web resides) was recently
upgraded to Windows XP home. Now the XP PC encounters source control errors
when attempting to edit files in the FP Web. The Windows 98 PCs can still
edit the FP web successfully.
I installed the XP networking upgrade to all the PCs on the network. This
does not fix the problem.
My next ideas are --
1. upgrade all the PCs to XP Home. is XP Professionsal required?
2. Then upgrade all PCs FrontPage 2003.
Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The PC with the web site needs to be upgraded to Windows XP Pro, so that you can use IIS (web server
and extensions), the remaining machines can be upgraded to Windows XP Home.

Note: When Upgrading, you need to allow Windows XP to do a clean install, not actually upgrade
Windows 98.

Unless you need the new features in FP2003, there is no really reason to upgrade.

Note: You can not use SharePoint services, unless you install a Windows 2003 Server, which is one of
the new features of FP2003

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[Erin]

Thanks.
Do I have to use IIS?
I now put local FP web on XP Home PC. 98 PCs can edit local web over mixed
network. Next diagnostic is to try editing from another XP PC.
Clarification -- when you say for "XP to do a clean install", does that mean
that I have to purchase a new version of XP Pro. I already bought the
upgrade version.

Erin

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

If you are want to run the site as a real web site, then you need to use IIS. Windows XP Home
doesn't support any MS web server / extensions.

The Windows XP upgrade version should work fine, as long as you have your Windows 98 CD available to
insert as the qualify product to upgrade from.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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