The only reason I'm trying to get VS 2005 working on XP Home Edition is because my MOC instructor has been suggesting that ADO and ASP features work on XP Home Edition.
However, I think there is substantial evidence that ADO and ASP features do not work on XP Home Edition. If anyone has information to suggest otherwise, then please post here.
Here is some data which supports the notion that ADO and ASP features do not work on XP Home Edition...
After installing Visual Studio 2005, Start | All Programs | Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 | Documentation.
Navigate to VS | Introducing VS | Installation & Setup | VS Hardware Requirements
See: “Operating System Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 20033,4 “
3Windows XP Home Edition does not support local Web application development;
Local Web application development is only supported in the Professional or Server versions of Windows.
Microsoft ASP.NET (search for “XP Home Edition” )
http://forums.asp.net/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=xp+home+edition&f=&u=
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/sysreqs/default.aspx
Windows XP Home Edition¹
¹ Limited functionality. Visual Studio .NET 2003 does not support creating ASP.NET Web applications or
ASP.NET XML Web services when using Windows XP Home Edition.
² ASP.NET Web applications and XML Web services can only be hosted on Windows XP Professional,
Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003.
Running IIS on Windows XP Home Edition?
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020118.htm
Question: How can I install Personal Web Server (PWS) onto Windows XP Home edition?
http://www.aspfaqs.com/aspfaqs/ShowFAQ.asp?FAQID=180
Can I run ASP on XP Home Edition?
http://coveryourasp.com/Snippet.asp?snip=48
p2p Community Forums
http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31127
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=groupst&q=xp+home+edition+asp.net
You have everything you need except for a webserver
IIS5 & XP home edition
WebMatrix from Microsoft
(there is more at google.com/group…)