I was installing ZP onto an Ultrabook and XAMPP and having difficulty with it stopping at "About to create tables" in setup.After struggling a bit, I realized that given the slow response of my computer that it may need more time to run.
I found set_time_limit on line 2324 of setup/index.php
and changed it from 60 to 300. Turns ought my computer
needed about 240 seconds to complete.
Install complete!
I hope this saves someone some personal time someday. Jeff