new to cgi and php and everything else

running apache server on windows ME and attempting to use php. i have my .php file in my cgi-bin directory and have put the lines ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/apache/php/" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe" in httpd.conf error log says that i cannot spawn a child process. i edited a small script in Textpad saying: #! <html> <head> <title>Testin PHP</title></head> <body> <?php print "hello there!"; ?> </body> </html> does this stuff have to be compiled first or what? help a CS student out, please!