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I know that running SharePoint on Vista or Windows 7 is not for production, but as a developer I need a handy tool for coding and testing instead of VPC or VMWare. Well, installing SharePoint on Windows 7 is not officially supported, but if you are a geek enthusiast, here are the steps:

First, prepare IIS 7 for ASP.NET component. I configured the following components in my Win 7: 

Download SharePoint with SP1, in my case I use WSS 3.0 SP1 for testing purpose. Get it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4191a531-a2e9-45e4-b71e-5b0b17108bd2&displaylang=en

Install SQL Server, I use SQL 2008 Express for testing purpose. Download from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/default.aspx

The next step is the most important thing. Thanks to Bamboo solution who created a small install launcher to make WSS work on Vista. Get WssOnVista helper and install it on Win 7 box: http://community.bamboosolutions.com/media/p/193.aspx

Run the WssVista helper and point to WSS 3 SP1 binary, then follow standard SharePoint installation procedure. One important thing is to choose Advanced mode instead of Basic, and proceed with Web front end configuration. This is because the wizard cannot detect SQL 2008 Express automatically in my machine. Well, I never try it with SQL05 Express which is usually managed to detect SQL Express instance under Basic instalation mode.

After several clicks and Next, here is my WSS on Windows 7, peace