[Xitami] Can I use on XP?

[Paul Reid]

> Will Xitami run on XP ?

Yes. Mostly it does not care what flavor of Windows it runs under.

> Which instal version should I use ?

On NT/XP, if you plan to have Xitami running all the time (as for a
webserver), use the NT Service version. It is MUCH more stable (over
long periods of time) than the GUI version.

For Win9x, and for occasional use (like for page/script testing) in
NT/XP, the non-service version is fine, and gives you the red/green
light in taskbar so you know when your script is stuck.

> I note that the 'hosts' file on XP appears twice on XP

 C:\WINDOWS\I386\HOSTS        (there is also an encoded file LMHOST.SA_)
 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts    (there is also a file imhosts.sam)

The "I386" folder is installation files, equivalent to the NT4
CD-ROM. (In NT4 days I often copied the CD:\I386 folder to the hard
drive so I didn't have to keep the CD nearby.) Windows won't look
there except when installing.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts is THE hosts file. Hack this
file to over-ride DNS and point a public website to your own
machine.

LMHOSTS[.SAM] is used for Windows Networking. In theory it has the
IP numbers of your favorite Windows-Networked machines. However I
have seen Windows (or IE?) use LMHOSTS for InterNet (website)
lookups, even if it has the .SAM (sample) extension. I ignore it.

> lawnbowls.com

Check your page on a wide monitor--- at 1152 x 864 the background
image repeats and masks long lines of text.

 -PRR