Manual talk:Installing MediaWiki on Windows XP - MediaWiki 1.9.2

It might make sense to add references to other Windows XP installation approaches? For instance http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Newcomers_guide_to_installing_on_Windows To a neophyte like me, this looks to be a simpler process?

In reference to this documentation, Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server/Services) does not come 'installed' on XP though it is available via Add/Remove Windows Components if you have the original install CD or CD-files available (usually copied from CD D:\i386 to C:\i386), so we might want to add some reference to that as well

--PeterTC 23:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC) and -- Peter Blaise peterblaise 16:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MySQL 5.0.27

The article says that MySQL 5.0.26 doesn't work but gives no details. MySQL 5.0.27 is the current version of MySQL. Does MediaWiki work with it?

Yes, it works with MySQL 5.0.27 as I tested on my PC with MediaWiki 1.9.3. -- ReneRomann 21:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Install ImageMagick

What is ImageMagick actually used for? It's certainly a flaky little program at least in my experience. Don't use it to try to edit images!

As far as I understood, ImageMagick is used for Image converting between different formats (e.g. GIF, PNG, JPEG,... ). In so far it is not an editor, it's only a converter. -- ReneRomann 21:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

ImageMagick is a free software suite for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large variety of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, images can be rotated and combined, and text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves can be added to images and stretched and rotated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick -- Peter Blaise peterblaise 16:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] XAMPP

What about using XAMPP as a quick and easy base for Windows MediaWiki setup?

Details - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html Download - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

The lite edition seems to have everything you would need with the added advantage of being self contained, and not requiring integration with windows. 194.217.39.228 09:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Ignore me, i did not see the article http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newcomers_guide_to_installing_on_Windows#A_very_simple_installation_for_Mediawiki_on_your_PC_.28using_XAMPP.29 where XAMPP is mentioned. 194.217.39.228 09:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)