Getting a Web Server and SQL Server

Hello

I have Windows XP Home Edition. Whenever I try to create a new ASP.NET Web Application it gives me the following error message that you can find attached.


I believe I know what it means: It means that I don't have a web server installed on my machine, whell the question is -> how do I install a web server and from where exactly can I get one that visual studio is compatible with? Is Apache Web server going do it? Or is there any other one specific for visual studio? And where to get it from?

Also, where to get an SQL server to install it on my machine as well?

Thank you

There isn't a Web Server for XP Home Edition that supports IIS. What version of Visual Studio do you have? 2005 comes with a develpomet web server that will allow localhost connections. When you create your site, you just pick somewhere on your file system, and when you run it, the Cassini web server will start up and pick a random port. But no external connections are allowed.

For SQL Server, you can download the 2005 Express version, or the 2000 MSDE directly from Microsoft. I'd personally suggest going with 2005.

www.microsoft.com/sql/express