Title: Windows temporary host
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Windows temporary host

 *  Resolved [stefanjan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefanjan/)
 * (@stefanjan)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windows-temporary-host/)
 * Is it possible to publish to a local pc ideally using Windows Vista or Windows
   XP. I just need to do this on a interim basis.
 * Currently our club website is hosted on a Windows server because I use Frontpage.
   Our web host has confirmed that they can meet all the requirements for WordPress
   but we would have to switch onto a Linux package.
 * If I do this, how can I build and test the new website without losing our old
   website. I need to make sure WordPress is the right solution and also learn how
   to create websites using WordPress.
 * I would prefer not to incur additional cost for our club apart from the small
   additional charge for enabling MySQL.

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windows-temporary-host/#post-1212133)
 * Install wordpress and XAMPP…see the following video.
 * [link moderated]
 *  Thread Starter [stefanjan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefanjan/)
 * (@stefanjan)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/windows-temporary-host/#post-1212143)
 * Figaro, many thanks for the speedy reply.

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