I could use some help

The installer says even newcomers can sue it. Well I can't figure it out. I am trying to install php 4.2.3 with my apache server 1.3.27 and well I can configure the system to work together on my windows xp operating system, I am switching to Linux hopefully soon, but in the mean time I would like this to work. This what I have done. I moved the php4ts.dll to my windows/system32 folder. I moved and rename the php.ini file to my windows folder. oh I installed apache on my e drive and same with php. SO then I changed the extension dir to e:/php. I also changed my httd file for apache. I added the three lines of code each by similar looking code. I also changed the loadmodule code to e:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll. So I am guessing I configured it correctly after reading all of the tutorials. So I restarted apache and created my php file with the simple code <?php phpinfo();?> so I save it in the root directory for apache and go to load the page in internet explorer. Explorer simply returns the code to me and doesn't interpret the code. What do I do, what can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! Dereck Marchinski marchnsk@attbi.com