• Double-click the downloaded MSI to launch the installer. You will be presented with the welcome screen.

• Click 'Next' to continue.

• Accept the licence agreement and click 'Next'

• Read the 'Read this first' box and click 'Next to continue.

• Enter Server Information and click next. (Server can be 'localhost')

• Choose Custom Install and click 'Next'

• Change install directory to suit your needs -

• This Tutorial and future PHP/MySQL tutorial assumes you have changed the default 'c:\Apache Group\' to c:\Apache2\' - Always try to change the default parameters in any installation - especially accessible ones like Web Servers. Click Next.

• Click 'Install' to - well , erm , Install !!

• If you have ZoneAlarm installed, you may get a Security Warning asking if you want to allow Apache to act as a Server. Tick the box and click 'Yes' to allow Apache to act as a Server (because it is!)

• Once installed click 'Finish' to exit the installer.

After the above was followed , my installation was already up and running and all that was needed was to test it by opening a web browser and entering 'http://localhost' as the URL.

This should bring up the Apache welcome test page - Well actually for this release at least, the 'welcome' page is gone and replaced with a simple 'It Works!' in the top left corner of the page - if you get this is IS working!.
If yours does not then please try to get this working before continuing with Step 3.

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