Sorry to revive an old thread, but it seemed to make more sense than starting a completly new one.
I'm trying to install the
vB Image Hosting mod. A requirement for it is GD 2.0.1, or later.
Having run vb_teset.php on my site the GD test comes up as Fail. I managed to find
A beginner's insight on fixing GD (thumbnails, image verification) but couldn't make it too work from the instructions there. I visited
http://www.libgd.org/Downloads and downloaded the .tar.gz file as PHP (5.2.1) was already running on my site. I unzipped it twice but couldn't find the php_gd2.dll mentioned within the article. I though it best to stop there before editing the php.ini file, jsut incase it screws it up by not being able to find it or something.