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

[Jamie Holly]

I use WAMPServer with Win 7/64-bit and love it. I used to use XAMPP, but 
had problems with Vista, so I made the switch back then and haven't 
looked back.

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net
http://www.hollyit.net


On 10/28/2010 10:53 AM, E.Perez-Minana at surrey.ac.uk wrote:
> 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