note 93741 added to function.exec

I'm using PHP under WinXPSP2, and I cannot execute programs with any of functions exec, system, shell_exec, proc_open, *even* after giving *all rights* to user IUSR_... to cmd.exe *and* the program in question, *and* the directory it resides in. I am really annoyed by this, does anyone have a solution to this? I searched about a TON of sites, and none of the answers worked for me. Plus, all the similar questions here are simply disregarded as not having anything to do with PHP. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 213.244.194.95 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/93741 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93741 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/93741 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php