Apache 2.2.4 on Vista

Any hints or tips out there?

[g1smd]

I now have a new laptop with Vista on it (Yeah, yeah, I know...), but having already been caught out by several programs that have crashed and burned has anyone got any hints and tips for installing Apache on Vista?

This, of course, is for local development only.

I'm looking at the MSI file for 2.2.4 perhaps, or should I go some other route, such as the ZIP file?

Please include things that are obvious to you.... because they might not be obvious to me, or to someone else reading this thread.

[londrum]

i installed it okay on mine. i installed apache, php and mysql and they're all working fine. i always install them the long way round though, i don't go for these self-installing things (i'm old fashioned!)
the only problem i had was an error box that popped up every time i started windows. but if you delete the apache program from your start-up folder then it disappears.

[g1smd]

I used the MSI installer thingy and got "Access Denied" near the end of the Install.... followed by "Apache Service Not Found".

Pffffft.

After googling for a while I found this:

Go to Start ¦ All Programs ¦ Accessories, then right-click on "Command Prompt", and select "Run as administrator". This will open a command prompt window with admin rights. Navigate to the directory where you saved the apache*.msi install file, and type "msiexec /i apache*.msi" (where apache*.msi is the actual name of the file - hint: type apache and then hit tab, it should fill in the file name automatically). Hit enter, and the rest should work just fine, it did for me. Hope this helps.

and I am a little bit closer... but still cannot start Apache.