Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0 and higher are configured in the same as Internet Information Server 4.0+. The following instructions apply to older versions of PWS (e.g., 1.0 as distributed with Windows 98).

Note: DiscusWare provides this information for your convenience. However, performing this procedure involves editing the configuration of your server and/or operating system. DiscusWare does not support this procedure and encourages the end-user (that's you) to carefully consider and understand these steps before implementing them.

1. From the Start menu, click "Run...", type "regedit", and click "OK." The registry editor will open.

2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3Svc\Parameters\Script Map using the explorer-like interface on the left side of the screen. Click the folder icon next to "Script Map."

3. In the right frame, click the right mouse button, and choose "New >" and then "String Value" from the popup menu. Type ".cgi" without the quotes (yes, there is a dot in there) for the name of the key, and press ENTER. Now double-click the ".cgi" you just created to open a dialog box. For "Value data," type "c:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s" without the quotes, and press ENTER.

4. Close the registry editor by selecting Registry | Exit.

5. Restart your web server. (This is very important to force the server to re-read the registry.) If you don't know how to restart your web server, reboot your computer.