Go to Program and Features part of Control Panel, on the left hand side click on the “Turn Windows features on or off” link.
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Now click on the Internet Information Services check box.
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If you’re a developer you are going to want to expand it and explore the sub-components as well. By default it installs all the stuff needed to host a website, and you are probably going to need some of the more developer centric components as well.
![](https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image425.png.pagespeed.ce.5YZLoMWntB.png)
After clicking OK, this dialog will appear on your screen for a while.
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When its done, fire up your browser and navigate to localhost.
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That’s all there is to it.
Sources:
https://www.howtogeek.com/112455/how-to-install-iis-8-on-windows-8/
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