I’ve been putting this off for a long time. And with good cause! I administer a number of database-driven Web applications such as the Bitwise site itself and the site of my software company (both of which use the excellent SPIP CMS) plus a few other applications to manage newsletters and the like. Each of these requires an installation of MySQL, PHP and an Apache server. While these are all pre-installed on the online server, my local copies - used for development on my PC - have to (...)
I have xampp on Vista Business, apache works fine, but sometimes had problem start. I found out that there was a conflict with Skype. When I start apache first and then Skype, everything is all right.