FP98: FrontPage Prompt Recommends That You Install Personal Web Server on Windows Me (277769)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q277769

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Microsoft FrontPage 98 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you receive a prompt that recommends that you install the Microsoft Personal Web Server. You are not advised that Web servers are not supported on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.

CAUSE

FrontPage 98 and all earlier versions are designed to work with a local Web server. Before the installation of FrontPage 98, Setup checks for a personal Web server. If a Web server is not found, Setup recommends that you install the Microsoft Personal Web Server. If you click No, Setup attempts to install the FrontPage Personal Web Server by default.

WORKAROUND

If you need a Web server for Web development on your local computer, it is recommended that you use Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows 2000 as your computer's operating system.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition is not designed to work with a Web server. Although FrontPage 98 may be installed successfully on Windows Me, the Web server may not work. For this reason, it is not recommended that you install a Web server on Windows Me. This includes both the Microsoft Personal Web Server and the FrontPage Personal Web Server.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

266456 Personal Web Server Is Not Included with Windows Millennium Edition

How to Install FrontPage 98 on Windows Me

To install FrontPage 98 on Windows Me without a Web server, follow these steps:
  1. Insert the FrontPage 98 CD into your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive.
  2. Click No when you are prompted to install the Microsoft Personal Web Server.
  3. Click Custom Install, and then click Next.
  4. Clear the FrontPage Web Server check box.
  5. Finish the FrontPage 98 installation.
  6. Restart your computer if you are prompted to do so.
  7. Start FrontPage 98.
  8. Create all webs by using a path location such as c:\mywebs.
  9. If you receive an error message similar to "No server on port 80", you are attempting to use a Web server address that does not exist. Click Change, and type a disk location such as c:\webname.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/8/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB277769
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