Another one for the WAMP list here
check the readme - tells you which files need CHMOD'ing

that was my problem, the server may be running linux which needs chmod'ing windows doesnt.
Wamp5 = quick, painless, easy, and no need for "4 or 5" machines like stated before... Mine runs wamp5- ability mail server (soon to be kerio6), my "intranet" - sql, php, all the perl scripts etc. AND runs Folding@Home @ 40% cpu usage - along with BulletProof FTP running- and normally Newsleecher & QuickPar- far from being a dedicated server - but it does the job, used mainly for mp3/video/flash movie streaming over network. along with NOD32 running in background

does more but i cba to type
On an Amd Skt A 2400+,
Win server 2003,
768mb ram
not enough storage
IIS is useful - but not as easy to use as apache (apache being wamp5- not installing it yourself) :P