Setup Server In personal Computer

1) What Is Server :

Server is one type of special computer which one can access from anywhere if internet is connected.

2) Setup Server:

If internet connection is enabled and if we go to the address like http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/xampp windows/ then we can download xampp server. The downloaded file must be saved in local hard drive. To install xampp follow the following procedure.

At first double click the Xampp-win32-1.6.1-installer.exe. After the double click we will get a window like the picture below

In the window we will get a message mentioned Please select a language where English is select by default. Select English and press OK. If you are frequent in other language then select from the drop-down menu. After pressing OK the following window will appear.

Where a message titled with  xampp-1.6.1-win32(Basic Package) will appear. Just Press OK. Then a window like below will appears.

Press next button. After clicking Next Button a window like below will appears.

Where the installation location can select. In this setup i have selected the default location c:/xampp. After selection press Next Button. After this a window like below will appears.

Select “Install Apache as service” and “Install my-sql as service” and press Install Button. Then A window like below will appears.

Wait until finishing the Installation । After Installation a window like below will appears.

At last after clicking Finish button a window like below will appears.

Now A Successful Installation message will appears. If you press yes button then a window like below will appear.

Now a box titled with xampp control panel will appear where the apache and my-sql is running by default. But if we want then we can stop the both services after clicking stop button.

After finishing installation we will test the server. To test the server open your favorite browser and in the address bar write   http://localhost/xampp/splash.php and press enter. Then a window like below will appear

Now Select your desired language. A window like below will appear.