Before you go to netBeans to test the project 5 template, you need to install tomcat 7.0 first http://mirrors.sonic.net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.27/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.27.exe And install tomcat into a folder where it is easily for you to remember (Please install to the folder with no space in between to avoid future error!) For example, I install my tomcat to "D:\Tomcat" Once you installed Tomcat, do the following steps in NetBeans: 1. Click "File" -> "New Project" 2. Step1: Choose Project => Select Categories: "Java Web" => then "Select Web Application with Existing Sources", then "Next" 3. Step2: Name and Location => click top "browse" button and point to the folder you extracted from project5 template 4. Step3: Server and Settings => Click "Add" button next to "Server", which should pop up another window. 5. Choose "Tomcat 6.0", then "Next" 6. Click Browse and point to the directory you installed your Tomcat. (For example, I installed tomcat in D:, then I will select "D:\Tomcat") 7. Specify one username and password and check "Create user if it does not exist" Then click Finish (I believe it'll create one for you. If not, go to "D:\Tomcat\conf\tomcat-users.xml", and add the following: ) 8. Then click "Next" and "Finish". 9. Next open your Tomcat Apache from the "Start", then "Apache Tomcat 6.0", then "Configure", then in "General Tab", Click "Start", then "OK". 10. Once all above steps are successfully done. Just do: Run -> "Clean and Build Main Project", and then Run -> "Run Main Project" (If you had some problem with running the project because it complains the path \project5 already exist, then open web\META-INF\context.xml, and change to something like ) 11. Now you should be able to see the webpage open, just click "Create account for new Doctor", and then input your first and last time 12. Now follow the similar step for creating new patient by clicking on "Create account for new Patient". 13. Once you successfully created both patient and doctor's account, now give the social security No. you just created for the patient, in order to login to the web. If you didn't make any mistake, you should be able to login to the webpage and see your information you just created. Note: if you don't have the database login & password, DB specify right, then you will get exception when viewing the jsp pages. Please change it before you can view the demo project Note: If you have apache 2.2 or other web server, be sure to stop and exit, and then open "apache 6.6" from the "start" and do start the service from apache 6.6 before it starts.... (Otherwise they will both tend to listen to the same port # and in this way you will never get to see your jsp webpages)