Milan Babuskov wrote:

> Lester Caine wrote:
>> Borland Builder 6 uses an earlier version of MICROSOFT Windows SDK, and
>> SOMETHING M$ does when installing a later SDK messes up the copy that is
>> needed for BCB6 to build it's own programs!
>> THAT is why I do not want to try doing that again! I have to wipe the
>> BCB installation and reinstall with the dozen or so libraries I have
>> used in the past and with it's own copy of the Windows SDK!
>> Now this newer SDK installer may well behave itself - but I'm simply not
>> willing to risk it again!
>
> Hi Lester,
>
> Have you considered an option to simply install Windows in a virtual
> machine (running under Windows or Linux, does not matter), install MS
> VisualStudio Express and build PHP there. It would only take a few GB of
> your HDD and not disturb anything.
>
> Once you test everything, you can even delete the virtual machine and
> your system would be clean, like nothing has happened.

Hardware I have available, and installing Linux on them does not cost
anything, but you need windows licence how ever you install - At least
for XP and above, and VS Express will not install on anything less ...

I'm on the php-win IRC trying to get this Vista machine running, but it
DOES have a problem with the configuration - despite the fact that I've
only installed the two packages listed in the article. I'm just wiping
everything again and will start for scratch with a web based install
rather than the iso local one.

At least now I know what is wrong - and I could simply hack it - but we
will try and see if we can find the problem instead ...

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