auto_prepend config under WinXP

Hello   I've been using PHP under Linux for some time, and tonight I decided that I wanted to set it up on my local machine so I can develop without having to be online. I downloaded all the files from my server to c:\lws\ ("local web server")   I installed PHP Version 4.2.3 and Apache/1.3.24 (and MySQL, but I'll worry about that later) and it appears to be working.   Now on the server I have this in my /.htaccess:   php_value auto_prepend_file /home/myuid/www/global/php/variables.php   where '/home/myuid/' is the full path on the server to my files   local "c:\lws" equals remote "/home/myuid/www"     So I changed the two lines in .htaccess to:   php_value auto_prepend_file c:/lws/global/php/variables.php   But the information from 'variables.php' is not being included.   I do not see any errors on the page itself.     Can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong? This is my first time trying to configure php.ini etc.   tia   TjL     -- Timothy J. Luoma