Installing IIS on windows 2003 without the windows CD. I've downloaded the service pack and it's not able to find the file it needs in there. How can I get IIS to install w/o the windows CD? Installation windows-server-2003. Installing IIS on Win Server 2003 without the installation CD? One is Windows XP with SP 1 included on the CD and one is Windows XP (without SP 1 on the CD) My problem was that I attempted to install IIS on my laptop from the wrong CD - of course, the laptop knew that it needed a 'special' SP 1 cd only, and it refused to work with the other CD.

Today I was at the University and wanted to install IIS and ASP.NET to work on a small project. The only problem is that I didn’t have the Windows XP CD with me. Google returned answers that involved downloading the SP2 installer and extracting the files from it. So, I decided to hack around and see what I could come up with without having to download the ~250Mb SP2 installer. Here’s what I found. Open up Add Remove Programs and click on the Windows Components button. In here, check off the IIS service and click Next.

It will then prompt you for the Windows CD. When it does, click OK (even though we haven’t put one in). In the next window browse to C:WindowsI386 and click OK. It should then start installing.

During the installation it may prompt for the CD again. Rinse and repeat the exact same process by locating the I386 folder and it should install just fine. 116 Responses to “How to install IIS on Windows XP without CD” • umm it didn’t work for me.

Maybe because i’m using sp3 or i’m doing something wrong. One thing that is confusing is you say to check off the IIS servers and click next. If you leave the IIS unchecked surprisingly enough it doesn’t install. If you check IIS and type in C: Windows I386 and push ok it goes nowhere so the only other option is cancel. It says installation canceled so you go to rinse and repeat to only find your self doing the same thing over and over. Shaft said this on • Hmm, that’s weird. It very well could be the fact that it’s SP3.

I’m surprised you’re using SP3 too because there are only RCs available at the moment. Perhaps you can try SP2 and prove that it wasn’t just luck that I was getting out of this! 🙂 Cheers, ParadoxPerfect paradoxperfect said this on • yea RCs FTW i had vista beta 2 and i didn’t have any problems with it so i don’t mind using early releases from Microsoft. And nah i’m not going back to sp2 all my task tray things show up now! Although i think it might have been bootvis causing that problem under sp2. Anyway i don’t need IIS server anymore and i’m upgrading soon so it’s time to dl vista 😛 Shaft said this on • Wow.

Worked a treat fro me thx for the tip man. Amit said this on • Glad to hear 🙂 paradoxperfect said this on • Would this work for Vista?

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I got Vista Home Edition Pre-installed with my notebook. Avani said this on • I’m not really sure since I’m not using Vista.

🙂 paradoxperfect said this on • Hurray guys!!!! I tried it on vista, and it didn’t even ask for a CD, it just installed. Thanks for this wonderful idea. Avani said this on • but i still dont have support for ASP.

I read it has to be explicitly enabled. But i cant find that option any where. Does any body knows it? Avani said this on • The answer: you won’t HAVE an i386 folder unless your copy of windows was an OEM install like at a school lab, or a machine that came with Windows pre-loaded. If you installed your own copy of XP, i386 never got put on your computer. It’s an install folder.

Windows just ran what it needed for the install straight off the disk. Bummer here I am on the road for 4 days, thinking I’d start to play with PHP and now I gotta wait till I get home. Joe said this on • HI I DONT HAVE 1386 AND I DONT HAVE THE WIN XP CD HOW CAN I INSTALL???? SHIVA said this on • you got me a idea when no ORIGINAL CD is available thx a lot.