You don't have permission to access

Forbidden

[bucknasty]

i'm testing on my home computer using apache 1.3.
my setup is on windows xp home. the script that i'm trying to run on apache tells me to

1) Give writable permission (777 or 755 on some webhosts) to common/config.php
Give writable permission (777 or 755 on some webhosts) to /temp

how do i set this up? what do i add to my .htaccess and or http conf
file to stop getting this message:

You don't have permission to access /"../admin/index.php/" on this server. Apache/1.3.35 Server at localhost Port 80

i've been to [httpd.apache.org...] but their explanation on this 403 error message isn't in plain view.

this message is in my apache error file
[error] [client 127.0.0.1] Filename is not valid: c:/program files/apache group/apache/htdocs/"

this message is in my apache access file
127.0.0.1 - - [15/Jul/2007:15:25:30 -0700] "GET /\"../admin/index.php/\" HTTP/1.1" 403 307

can someone plz help me, cause i'm stumped

[mwm_PT]

Open "httpd.conf" file and search for "# Controls who can get stuff from this server."

then enter this on a new line:

<Directory "the folder you haven't access like c:\wamp\www\...">
Allow from all
#or deny from all, or allow from "ip"

</Directory>

[edited by: mwm_PT at 12:43 am (utc) on July 16, 2007]

[bucknasty]

i tried what you suggested, but i still see the forbidden message. maybe you have something else?