Newbie With Some Questions

[Jeff McKenna]

Paul Yelk wrote:
> 
> 1. Installing the MS4W package - will it change any of my Windows XP Pro 
> registry settings? (I had previously installed the trial version of 
> ArcView and when I removed it using a very good uninstaller program 
> called "Your Uninstaller", it left behind a lot of ArcView entries in 
> the registry! At one time I removed 1,800+plus entires, but still see 
> some more left behind! Don't want that mess again in case I need to 
> remove it!)

If you use the '.zip' file it won't modify the registry.  If you use the 
'.exe' installer it will modify the registry.

> 
> 2. Do I need to be concerned about writing all these configuration 
> files? Or will MS4W work in it's default configuration without a lot of 
> modifications to the configuration files?

The MS4W download page has links to several 'applications packaged for 
MS4W' that are pre-configured to work in that environment.

> 
> 3. In the MS4W readme file, it mentions running MS4W as a service. I do 
> not want to do this as this will initially be installed on my home 
> computer for testing purposes. Once testing is complete, I will upload 
> it to a web host for online use.
> 

Then follow the instructions in the "NOTE for Win95,98,ME users" section 
to start Apache manually.

>   In the MS4W readme file, it mentions that for Windows 95/98/ME users, 
> it can not be run as a service. They have to manually start it each time 
> they want to use it and then just close the DOS box to stop MS4W from 
> running. Can I also do this for Windows XP Pro?

Yes.

> 
> 4. If, after evaluation, I find this program to meet our needs, what do 
> I upload to a web host? And how do it upload it to a web host so that it 
> is in the "root" folder of some drive?
> 

It always depends on the operating system of your web host.  If it is 
windows nothing is different in setup from your local machine.  Unix is 
a different story.

Note: MS4W questions like this should be sent to the MS4W mailing list 
(join at http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/ms4w-users).


-- 
Jeff McKenna
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca