GD under windows environment, requires ansi.sys loaded

I don't mean to tell anyone what to do but this had me stumped for almost 2 days, and very embarrassed when I found the problem. In all documentation it said libraries are enabled under windows and such. This is true until you try use gd libraries. I believe that someone needs to add it. There is nothing about it in any installation procedure. I'm running apache 2.0.53 and php 5.0.3 and mysql, but that's not important. If someone could notify that the following needs to be in the system. In config sys, a link to ansi.sys (should be in the %windir%\system32\ directory, or command directory. Thank you for your time. -Jimmy