IIS 6.0 is a very solid HTTP server (among a bunch of other Web-related services) that can be run on any Windows XP Pro computer. It's installation is usually pretty simple: Turn it on, put in your Windows install disc, and watch it install. However, you can't do the normal installation without your CD. After a little searching on the web, I have discovered a way by which IIS can be (legally) installed without having to track down that disc.
First, you'll need to download a disc image that contains the necessary files, for example this one for 32-bit SP2 (will work for installing IIS on SP3). Open a command prompt, navigate to the folder containing it and run it with the /extract switch with the destination folder path as an argument. An i386 folder will be created there, which will contain the files necessary to install IIS. Point the snap-in installer to that place and you'll be going!
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