Installing IIS Web Server on Windows 7

What is IIS?
Internet Information Service (IIS) is a web server developed by Microsoft which supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP and other internet protocols.


Installing IIS:
Open Add or Remove Programs under Programs and Features and then on left hand side, click on Turn Windows features on or off link.

Features pop-up will open. Click on Internet Information Services which will fill the checkbox with a color rather than showing a tick mark. This means the default setting are selected and will be enabled. Expand and select other features if you want to enable them.

Click OK.

Verification:
When IIS is installed on your system, a new service named World Wide Web Publishing Service is added on system services. Alternatively, you can also press windows key and search for the word "IIS" and it should show up in the list if it's installed successfully.

Hope this is helpful.

Check if your processor is x64 (64-bit) compatible

Follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open "Control Panel" of your system.

                         OR

    Hold Windows key and press Pause Break key to open system properties.

Step 2: Search for "Performance Information and Tools". Then, click on the appeared link.

Step 3: It should take you to the Windows Experience Index window. Click on Print Details (bottom right)

 

Step 4:  On the opened page, scroll down a bit. Look for below details under System category:

• System Type is your installed 32-bit/64-bit operating system.
• 64-bit capable must be YES. If the value is YES, system is compatible with 64-bit operating system.