need php_mssql so I retreated to 5.2.10

under IE8: http:// 209.33.25.167:8080/phpinfo.php with: <?php phpinfo(); ?> I get : The website cannot display the page HTTP 500 Most likely causes: •The website is under maintenance. •The website has a programming error. under Firefox 3.5.2 ___________________________________________ The specified procedure could not be found. ___________________________________________ I installed : php-5.2.10-Win32-VC6-x86.zip and put php.ini in C:\PHP and C:\PHP\ext AND C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\system and C:\WINDOWS\system32 I installed FastCGI 1.5 ! In php.ini I put : ________________________________ cgi.force_redirect = 0 // for CGI extension_dir = "C:\PHP\ext" (not trying to use any extension ....just get phpinfo to work) doc_root = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot" // for IIS/PWS an earlier post recommended: doc_root = _________________________________________________ IIS 5.1 properties->configuration I added .php C:\PHP\php5.dll GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG _________________________________________________ I added to the XP Prof environment path ;C:\PHP;C:\PHP\ext I created an environment variable (and rebooted) PHPRC = C:\PHP;C:\PHP\ext _________________________________________________ From the unzipped download, I copied ntwdblib.dll to C:\PHP and C:\PHP\ext AND C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\system and C:\WINDOWS\system32 I never found any statement of the necessity of requiring CGI The instructions ramble around