Install Drupal 6 in Windows XP

1. Install xampp (e.q. at c:\xampp)
   Can be downloaded  from here
2. At XAMPP Control Panel
   Start Apache and MySql, then click Admin button beside Apache.
   Your browser will automatically open http://localhost/. If not, you can open it manually in your browser.
   Choose your prefered language.
3. Download Drupal 6.x (from here)
   Extract the file to C:\xampp\htdocs
   Rename the folder with your sitename (e.q. drupalsite).
4. Go to C:\xampp\htdocs\drupalsite\sites\default
   Copy default.settings.php file and paste it in the same folder, then rename to settings.php
5. Create Database
   Open your browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/, then create database and remind that database name (e.q. drupal).

6. Drupal Installation
   Open your browser and go to http://localhost/drupalsite (“drupalsite” is according to your drupal folder in the htdocs) to install drupal:
   
   a. Choose language
   choose: Install Drupal in englishb. Verify requirements
   If you haven’t done step 4, there will be error message. Do step 4 and click try again.

   c. Set up database
   Database type : mysqli
   Database name : drupal
   Database username : root
   Database password : (leave it empty)

   d. Install site
   Installation is in progress.

   e. Configure site
   Complete these information:
   Site name : DrupalSite
   Site email address : admin@drupalsite.com
   Administrator account
   username : admin
   email address : admin@drupalsite.com
   password : admin
   confirm password : admin
   Klik Save and continue

   f. Finished
   There is a warning mesage:
   warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at “localhost” port 25, verify your“SMTP” and “smtp_port” setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\include\mail.inc on line 193.
   Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site administrator if the problem persists.
   
   This error happen because drupal is installed on local machine (http://localhost/) that doesn’t have mailserver.
   Click link: your new site to go to your Drupal home page.

Good luck…

Regards,
Eric Wijaya

nb. You can download the pdf file of this tutorial from here.