Mr. Denny is also the author of WebSite , a commercial Web server package for Windows 95 and Windows NT that is sold by O'Reilly Associates . W indows httpd may be used without charge for personal and educational use. A t first glance, Windows httpd is an intimidating package. However, the server executable itself is only 244,240 bytes. The remaining files contain extensive documentation, images, sounds, and support software for uses more sophisticated than simple file serving.
Initial setup is straightforward.
For some time, Microsoft Personal Web Server was a free download from the Microsoft Web site. Later it was included in the commercial release of Microsoft FrontPage . The beta version of FrontPage 98, including Personal Web Server, is available for downloading and testing. I have been using it on my Web pages since it became available in August 1997. Y ou can also download a beta version of Personal Web Server as a free add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.