text: iis !!! what the hell ... how to set it up with visual studio 2005? hi   have win xp, with sp 2 , i had iis running perfectly on my system, i installed microsoft visual studio 2005 beta. and it stopped my iis... i tried uninstalling it, and then installed visual studio 2003. still iis doesnt work. now i have visual studio 2005 full version dvd.. will installing it resolve my prob. ? hi  you should try uninstalling iis and then installing full version of visual studio 2005.   you need the iis if you are dealing with asp.net and web services, althought you can test your asp with temp folder you cannot test web services without iis.   on the sources you can check the troubles concerning visual studio.   good luck