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