newbie setting up web and file server

[upwardspiral]

in your opinion, what are the best guides out there to learn about these topics? its only for a personal webpage that will have little traffic, and a personal file server so i can get files at home from work.

i prefer running win2k, win2k adv server, or win xp; my office computer at the university will be running it (so ill be using it as a workstation as well). however if you think another program would be better, please suggest; my friends are saying appache, but it seemed rather tideous for the simple things i want to do.

edit: will be running on a t1

thanks for your help.

system running:
tbird 1400
asus a7m266
512 pc 2100 ddr
3com nic
should be all thats relevant.

 

[WDCentral]

How does everybody get copies of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Isn't that a lot of money to spend?

 

[upwardspiral]

all my profs just switch to xp, so there are plenty of unused liscenses around here.

 

[Workin']

<< How does everybody get copies of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Isn't that a lot of money to spend? >>

Anyone can get a 120-day evaluation copy of Advanced Server from Microsoft for $9.95. Lots of people here re-format more often than every 120 days, so the expiration is no biggie. There are also supposedly other things you can do to "extend" the expiration date.

 

[Daniel]

There are also a lot of developer deals and reseller deals, like $15,000 work of software and licenses for $299, all for internal, not for resale usage though.