ok i got all this figured out... except how to restart the server...??? can someone tell me how to restart the Apache server

I have everything installed and working . Only problem im having is connecting to the VB data base it keeps giving me

Any ideas ?

Fixed :)

i still need to know how to restart the apache server in step 6

can someone with some time on there hands pm me and drop an aim so i can contact you so that someone can help me step by step installing this

how do i fill in these

Database server type: ????????????

Database server hostname / IP address: localhost (?)

Database username: my username

Database password: my password

Database name: vbulletin

Technical email: my email

i dont know the server type

As you would with your normal site. Just changing the username,pass and database name and technical email :) ^^

what would be the server type though...... MySQL???

whats this mean

Warning: Unlink failed (No such file or directory) in c:\apache\htdocs\forum\admin\install.php on line 305

Attempting to attach to database...

Warning: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) in c:\apache\htdocs\forum\admin\db_mysql.php on line 38

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in c:\apache\htdocs\forum\admin\db_mysql.php on line 47

The database has failed to connect because you do not have permission to connect to the server. Please go back to the last step and ensure that you have entered all your login details correctly.

Click to go to the vBulletin website

That means you have the wrong password for mysql :)

But you don't need a password on root btw unless you manually set one using a GRANT query :)