Windows Sharepoint Service - 2

In continuation with previous post. Now we will see how to install Windows Sharepoint Service (WSS). This is a free version of Sharepoint portal server.
First we need the installer file. Here you downlaad the installer http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/sharepoint/default.mspx
It is just 34 MB

Check whether your machine meet the requirements
Windows 2003
.Net 1.1
IIS 6.0
Sql server 2000/MSDE

Double click on the downloded file STSV2.EXE.
This will cause Windows to decompress the file’s contents and to launch the installation program.
1. The Setup wizard appears, accept the license agreement and click Next to continue.
2. The next screen will ask you if you would like to perform a typical installation or if you would rather set up a server farm.
select the Typical Installation option and click Next.
3. The Setup program will now confirm that it is about to install the SharePoint Services and that the target drive has enough free space. Click the Install button to begin installing the necessary files.
4. As the installation progresses, you might notice a message indicating that Setup is configuring the Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine. The Windows SharePoint Services are dependant on SQL Server. As we all know though, SQL Server can be expensive. If you don’t have SQL Server installed on your server prior to installing the Windows SharePoint Services, Setup will automatically configure the SharePoint Services to use MSDE.

Once you the installtion is complete. Go to control panel>> administrative tools you will see the link to sharepoint adminstration. On double clicking you will see a page where you can create websites in sharepoint portal server and configuring them.