Uncrippling Windows XP's IIS 5.1

Windows XP's IIS 5.1 is thoroughly crippled out of the box. It allows only one root website, and a maximum of ten concurrent connections to that website. Microsoft really, really doesn't want us hosting slashdot.org on our XP Pro box. These limits are so aggressive that they can get in the way of legitimate localhost development. But there are workarounds.