can someone show how to set a user in mysql? i cannot figure out how to do it from the guide

Agreed. I had a test board set up in 5-10 minutes.

Someone needs to write an article like this for xampp. I plan to set up a permanent local mirror of my old site using xampp. Hmmm...maybe I'll write an article...

I am stuck here, I d/l php VC9 x86 Non Thread Safe Zip file (that was 13.42MB) not as you mentioned. I extracted it to the folder C:\Network\Php. but I didn't find the file php.ini-dist.

the only two files .ini-"something" are php.ini-development and php.ini-production

plus, explain more please about moving the php file to %SYSTEMROOT%, what do you mean by SYSTEMROOT? is it C:\Windows thats it?

Please Help! Thanks

Yes, if Windows XP and default installation. To test, click 'start' and 'run'. In the run box type %systemroot%

This should open up a folder window, most likely c:\windows.

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This is an excellent article, but really needs updating?

I was halfway through the initial instructions and got tied up in knots. It was only 30 odd pages later in the post I find the link to Xampp which looks like it can save a lot of time.

Still working through....

xampp is SOOO quick. There's even a portable version on portableapps that works. Just unzip, throw on a drive in the root, unzip the vb files to the htdocs directory and start the install.

I've got my sandbox development site running on xampp on a flash drive. Works awesome.

so can i install this on Windows Vista?

You should be able to install xampp on vista no problem.

Thank you for the explanation to the question how can run file .htaccess in my PC

I used xampp when I ran it on my XP Pro box. Much easier to get everything installed and running correctly and it is basically a click and install..