| Having problem installing a piece of
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| | CD. I install and use this Virtual CD to
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| software on your system is frustrating.
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| | supply the missing files which are
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| Do you want to find out how to install
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| | somewhere inside the I386 folder.
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| IIS on Windows XP SP2 without actually
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| | Here are the steps you can follow to
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| having the SP2 CD?
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| | install IIS without having a Windows XP
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| The problem I experienced with while
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| | SP2 CD:
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| installing IIS:
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| I tried to install Internet Information
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| | 1. Download the XP SP2 installation file
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| Service (IIS) on my Windows XP Service
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| | ( if you do not already have.
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| Pack 2. The setup failed and kept asking
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| | 2. Extract the content of the file into a
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| for Windows XP SP2 CD. I only had Windows
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| | folder using WinRar ( or similar
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| XP SP1 CD and the Service Pack 2 Service
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| | compression software;
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| Pack 2 installation package.
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| | 3. Start installing IIS using standard
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| I tried to find an existing solution on
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| | procedure (Control Panel > Add and Remove
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| the Internet using Google. I read and
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| | Programs > Windows Components)
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| attempted many solutions including a
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| | 4. When it prompts for source folder,
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| complicated one from Microsoft Support
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| | browse for the I386 folder that you
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| (support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894351) and
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| | extracted earlier
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| some simple solutions "Installing IIS
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| | 5. When it prompts for missing files,
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| after Service Pack 2". None of those
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| | browse I386 and its sub-folders for them.
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| solutions I found actually worked, or the
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| | The solution was easier than it look. You
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| instruction was too complicated to follow
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| | do not need to riskily alter the Windows
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| Finally I had to solve by myself. Here is
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| | security folder. You do not need to spend
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| what I did: I had unpacked the SP2
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| | time merging SP2 into Windows XP CD. All
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| installation file using WinRar a while
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| | you need to do is to use what were
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| ago and compiled a CD image file from it.
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| | already there.
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| I mounted this CD image onto a virtual
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