It is too troublesome to configure apache under windows or windows2000 and winnt. Use OmniHTTPd. This makes you feel that PHP is so approachable. The latest version of OmniHTTPd is now OmniHTTPd Professional V2.07. Omni is available at http://www.joyo.com and is connected to: http://www.joyo.com/soft/dlgetfile.asp?uid=uxwmupzptqabmaqmqzgmusgqw&id=2617&url=http:/ /www.omnicron.ab.ca/files/ohttpd207.exe Download and install OmniHTTPd Professional V2.07. Run OmniHTTPd (1) Run OmniHTTPd Administration (2) Click the Web Server Global Setting button (3) Select MIME (4) In virtual Add wwwserver/stdcgi in actual Add .php in actual Click add Add wwwserver/stdcgi in virtual Add .php3 in actual Click add Add wwwserver/stdcgi in virtual Add .php in actual Click add Add in virtual wwwserver/stdcgi Add .phps to actual Click add (5) Run OmniHTTPd Administration Select localhost Click edit (6) Select alias Join myweb | c:myweb Complete! ! ! It is best to install php and configure it before installation. PHP configuration: The latest version is 4.05 (1) copy php4ts.dll to system32 (2) copy php.ini.disk to the windows or winNT directory and rename it to php.ini! Finish! You can try to see if the file test.php is successfully created. The content is . Browse it with edphp or IE and you will be surprised. The following modifications are optional as needed: Change extension_dir =./ to extension_dir = d:/php4/extensions/; extension=php_dbase.dll; extension=php_filepro.dll; extension=php_gd.dll; extension=php_zlib.dll; before removing php+omniHTTPd.