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