[support] installing a test server on a machine running Windows 7 - 64 bits OS

[E.Perez-Minana at surrey.ac.uk]

Hello Support:

The steps listed on the help page for setting up a test site mention XAMPP, as the easiest way to install drupal for the purposes of running a test site. It also indicates that the steps listed there are relevant for the installation of a test server on a machine running Windows Vista or Windows XP.

The machine which I intend to use to run my test site runs Windows 7 64-bits OS; are the steps listed on http://drupal.org/node/307956 "Simple install of Drupal on XAMPP" equally applicable, or is there something I need to look out for before proceeding with the installation?

In a comment page, somebody suggested using Microsoft's WPI instead of XAMPP (but the comment was recorded in June) does anybody have suggestions/thoughts on this point?

Thanks for your help,

Elena