.asp file not opening!

[Budding]

Whenever I try to open a .asp file on my HD, my computer opens it in some weird coding program. Whever I try to view .asp files from a remote server, my Internet Explorer prompts me to save the file.
.asp files are like advanced HTML files right? Aren't they supposed to be webpages? How come I cannot view them properly?

[ulf86]

In my pc, .asp is unidentified filetype, meaning that there is no specified program to open that, still, internet explorer open it for me like webpage.
Don`t know solution to your problem.
Here`s more about ASP, mayby you find help there:
http://www.webwizguide.info/asp/tutorials/what_is_asp.asp

[Budding]

Apparently I need an alternative to PWS and IIS.

[NorthViking]

Yep you need either Personal Web Server or Internet Information Service. In other words you need some virtual web server. It's prolly other programs that you can use, but the above mentioned are most popular.

Windows 98 has PWS inbuilt.
Windows XP Pro has IIS inbuilt.
You can also download PWS from www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com)
:)