2006-12-02 19:24:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Yes, but for a small network
-go to control panel
-Add/Remove Programs
-Add/Remove Windows components
-Install IIS
now you are a server
2006-12-02 19:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by free lancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
Yes XP can act as a server if you mean share disk space and printers or web pages but not in the true sense. A true server OS allows multiple concurrent connections to the the server, you can buy licenses to increase the number of allowed users. Server OS's ship with 5 CALS normally then you buy in increments of 5 thereafter.
XP will work, but I think that XP home allows only 5 concurrent connections and XP Pro 10. These connections refer to connections, so one user could take more than one share/connection resource on the XP pc.
2006-12-04 17:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by wrighty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what kind of server you want to run. If you want to run a web server and it is XP Pro, you can use IIS or Apache httpd, if it is XP Home you can't use IIS (XP Home doesn't come with IIS).
If you want a file server, just make XP share a folder on the network.
If you want to run other servers (mail, DNS, etc...), you will have to install other programs (such as ISC BIND for DNS). Only Windows Server 2000/2003 has everything else with it.
2006-12-03 03:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋