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FP97: When to Use FP Personal Web Server Versus Microsoft PWS

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Article ID:161417
Last Review:September 26, 2001
Revision:1.0
This article was previously published under Q161417

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194543 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194543/EN-US/).
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SUMMARY

In order to take advantage of the full functionality of FrontPage, you need to use a Web server. The FrontPage compact disc comes with two Web servers:
•FrontPage Personal Web Server
•Microsoft Personal Web Server

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When to Install the FrontPage Personal Web Server

If you install a later version of FrontPage on a system where FrontPage 1.1 is already installed, the installation procedure upgrades the FrontPage Personal Web Server and Server Extensions automatically.

If FrontPage 1.1 was not installed on your system, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about how to install the FrontPage Personal Web Server:
161413 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161413/EN-US/) FP97: How to Install the FrontPage Personal Web Server

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When to Upgrade to the Microsoft Personal Web Server

If you want to write your own Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI), or Internet Database Connector (IDC) scripts or programs using the Microsoft Personal Web Server, you need to upgrade from the FrontPage Personal Web Server to the Microsoft Personal Web Server.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the differences between the FrontPagePersonal Web Server and the Microsoft Personal Web Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161150 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161150/EN-US/) FP97: Microsoft Personal Web Server vs. FrontPage Personal Web Server?

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•Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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