Configuring IIS 5.1, ASP.Net 2.0 with MSDE 2005

[matak]

I got this job, and now i need to configure all those things on my Win XP. Can you point me to some good tutorials or books for beginners setting asp.net enviroment on pc.

I tried google, but i just get configuring IIS 6 or 7 tuts, and everything looks just to confusing. Is there something similar like Xampp for PHP, on ASP.net so i don't need to bother that much, or do i just need to set everything up from administrative tools in XP.

the thing that bothers me most is c:\windows\miscrosoft.net\ -> configuration. all those .exe files, and i have no idea on which one to execute..

also, i'm using win XP without user passwords, and IIS asks me some username and password when i start it. i tried both my administrator and password, and my username (which has no pass) but nothing works.

I know this questions are newbish ones, but i'm developing in PHP, this is just for beta testing of some application, to earn some money asside, and i'm stuck with all this silly MS setup thingies (some beta tester i am..lol)

[SouthwaterDave]

If all you want is an ASP.NET development environment then you don't need IIS or MSDE 2005 on your computer. Just download Visual Web Developer Express Edition from Microsoft. It includes a copy of SQL Server 2005 Express and a cut-down web server for testing your web application.

[matak]

Thank you. I will download it, and test the application. I hope that results are same as when you have iis and rest of the stuff installed one at the time