Grrr, techie woehs….

…Tried installing XAMMP yesterday. Couldn’t get it to work – the Apache server wouldn’t run and MySQL threw up dozens of cascading error messages that filled the bloody screen. Looking for answers on the various forums proved complete arse – post after post filled with nerds-delight jargon. It was like getting a new car that won’t start and being told by mechanics to “try adjusting the differential median torque” or “have you tried spronging the ignition wazzock?”
Argh. I’ve uninstalled it and I’ll try installing it again, but not using the installer this time.
If that doesn’t work, I might just try XAMMPP-Light. This was the version I installed just before my last hard drive went by-by. I strongly suspect the drive’s MBR was trashed by a virus; XAMMP-Light was the last thing I downloaded and executed before everything went tits-up, so I’m leery about trying it again. However, before the drive died, the program installed almost without problems – just a very minor bit of tinkering and it ran perfectly well.