Everyone knows that Windows Apache MySQL Python\PHP\Perl on Windows XP is a bitch, if you don't know what WAMP is, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wamp for a breif explanation, I've decided to dedicate this thread to anything WAMP related, suits, tutorials, advice, or anything else related to web development on Windows, so here is a list of the most used, and the most useful server suits out there:

1.)
The Uniform Server:
Link:http://www.uniformserver.com/
Installation: 9/10
Use: short term development, or small site
Overall rating: 8/10
Contains phpmyadmin: Yes.
Portability: 10/10
Brief: The Uniform Server was first developed by Taras Slobodskyy as an application for his clients, but later on, moved to becoming this free and open source project. It's the perfect system for both beginner webmasters and experienced developers, a fully powered web server you can take with you on a USB Stick or even your camera's flash drive. The perfect sales presentation tool. It's the new world WAMP Package.

2.)
XAMPP:
Link: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Installation: 7/10
Contains phpmyadmin: Yes.
Use: Long term, professional site hosting.
Overall rating: 9.6/10
Portability: 6/10
Brief:
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.

3.)
EasyPHP
Link: http://www.easyphp.org/
installation: 9/10
Contains phpmyadmin: No.
Use: Local web development
Overall rating: 6.4/10
Portability: 9/10
Brief:
EasyPHP is a WAMP software bundle that installs web server services on to the Windows computer and allows quick and easy development of PHP and MySQL on a localhost (also known as 127.0.0.1). The package includes an Apache server, a MySQL database, and the PHP extension.
this means that you will not be able to publish your site via http.

4.)
Apache2Triad
Link: http://apache2triad.net/
Installation: 8/10
Contains phpmyadmin: Yes.
Use: Local web development, or small sites.
Portability: 5/10
Overall rating: 7.4/10
Brief:
Apache2triad is a distribution of some of the most popular open source servers and interpreters for developing and providing web content using Windows.

Here are some tutorials that helped me setup a webserver:

Official Apache Documentations:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html
Rating: 9/10

John Bakma (I know, wtf kind of name is that?)
http://johnbokma.com/windows/apache-virtual-hosts-xp.html
Rating: 6/10

Ricocheting:
http://www.ricocheting.com/server/
Rating: 10/10

Dan Wellman:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Apache/Installing-and-Configuring-Apache-2-on-a-Windows-XP-Machine/
Rating: 8/10

that's all fokes, I will add more things as I see them, I personally recommend you read a couple of tutorials and understand how web applications and servers work, don't install anything unless you know what it is.

anyone else have anything to add\comment about?

I fail to see how installing all 4 things as being "a bitch."

Maybe it is if you use this devside shit found in your link.

You forgot something ;)
http://www.wampserver.com/en/
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