[Allen Mead]

Hi fella. I've now cleared out all previous installations of MySQL, Apache and PHP and re-installed, worked perfectly!

Only thing is, in the first post under MySQL Binary Installation instruction no 03. I do not have a data folder in C:\network\MySQL\bin\ Instead, it's at C:\network\MySQL\

I created this data folder where it is supposed to be according to the instructions and created a folder called vbulletin as stated.

I've re-set the Apache server, all ok.

I have uploaded the files as instructed for vbulletin and modifed my config.php so that the command for the database is :
$dbname = 'C:\network\MySQL\bin\data\vbulletin'

Now, when I go to http://localhost/forum, I get the parent directory stuff with all the files and folders listed, brilliant, click on the install folder, nothing appears, strange as there are files and folder there. If I type the full url, http://localhost/forum/install/install.php IE finds the file, but instead of executing the scripts, it opens the file as a txt file

Hmmm, normal html files seem to be ok

just one other thing, where under the PHP Binary Installation instruction 05. SMTP = smtp.myisp.com - Should that actually be my real isp? or should thar say smtp = smtp.localhost.com ?

Thanks in advance