Totally Befuzzled with installation!

[mjs_novice]

Hi folks,

 

Please go easy on me - total newbie. I've read all sorts of stuff on the web about how to get up and running with PHP but even the basic instructions are too complicated for me!

 

Here's what I want to do:

 

I want to use PHP to generate dynamic web pages linked to a Microsoft Access 2007 database as a test on my laptop (no need to publish to the actual Internet). I am running Windows 7 Professional SP1.

 

I know I need to install PHP and a web server of sorts. I tried to get IIS7 working but was foxed by the requirement to use an admin account (I don't have the admin password and didn't know how to run things as admin from my own account).

 

I basically need a step-by-step guide that assumes I know nothing.

 

Sorry if this is a big ask,

 

Matt

[gristoi]

ok, unless you 100 % want to use IIS, I t=suggest you use Mysql instead. just install WAMP server, and you will be good to go

[mjs_novice]

Thanks Gristoi,

 

I want to use IIS7 as once I've gotten my head around things, I will move on from my test setup (on my laptop) to the network server, which runs IIS.

 

Best wishes,

 

Matt

[kicken]

You'll probably need the admin password to configure IIS so until you can get that you'll either have to use Apache or PHP's built-in server. If you choose apache I'd suggest trying the pre-packaged solutions like WAMP/XAMPP even if you don't intend to use MySQL. You could also try installing it and configuring it manually if desired though.

[jazzman1]

 

(I don't have the admin password and didn't know how to run things as admin from my own account).

Why don't you crack the admin password in case this machine is owned by you?