Google "wamp." It will install Apache, mySQL and PHP on a Windows box. I resorted to this once upon a time. Was very easy. Once you have those installed, MediaWiki should be a breeze.
On 5/23/07 1:55 PM, "Monahon, Peter B." Peter.Monahon@USPTO.GOV either wrote, forwarded or quoted:
Peter Blaise says: ... BECAUSE you only installed the MediaWiki, NOT the OS/Apache/PHP/MySQL and other support programs and extensions, right?