It seems to me that there are problems installing on Windows 2003 server running IIS. Yet I had heard that some people here were able to solve these problems by altering config files. Can someone please point me to an installation guide or at least write one up?

We officially recommend using Apache. We have no abilities to test on ISS servers and don't support them officially (we recently changed the requirements statement on our site regarding that, too).

Did you search the forum? Hopefully some user will have some help.

It finally worked once I made sure the mbstring extension was turned on.

How did you get pass the chmod? I want to install it on a Windows homeserver. Not for public use only private (intranet). Windows don't know chmod.
Installing PHP 5 and mysql is no problem I got Stuck. I even altered the setup.php a bit.
Is there a setup.php without chmod?

Chmod is how you change file permissions on Unix systems. You will have to change the properties of the folders/files the Windows way. You want the owner to have read/write/execute priviledges. If you are only running locally, then that will be enough. Just make sure that the user addigned to the WEB server has those priviledges.

Thanks for your reply,
I changes the folder permissions. I'm close to see the go button. But I still get the following warning. Please can you explain what I do wrong? again...

PHP version 5.2.6
PHP Safe Mode
PHP magic_quotes_gpc
Graphics support: PHP GD library bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
PHP gettext() support
PHP mbstring package
PHP MySQL support
zp-config.php file
Strict Permissions [is not in effect]
Warning!

When this option is not in effect, file and folder permissions are relaxed. This could constitute a security risk so it is recommended that you enable Strict Permissions. However, on some servers Zenphoto does not function correctly with strict file/folder permissions. If you enable this option and Zenphoto has permission errors, run setup again and disable the option.

Click here to use strict file/folder permissions.

NOTE: This option applies only to new files and folders created by Zenphoto. You may have to change permissions on existing ones to resolve problems.

MySQL setup in zp-config.php
MySQL version 5.1.36
Connect to the database zenphoto
MySQL SQL mode
MySQL access rights
MySQL show tables [found no tables]

If you are the only one with access to the server you can ignore this warning. It is saying that the file permissions on your server might be less secure than you would want. (You have apparently let others have the full permissions to the folders.)

[EDIT] Note that warnings are just that, warnings, not errors. You can procede with the install with outstanding warnings. They are just something you might wish to consider.

Note that the `chmod()` function is a part of the Posix specification and should be present in Windows Posix support. Perhaps your PHP was not properly generated/configured?

I'm Noob, maybe it's a stupid question but I still get this Webpage with the warning, no buttons to push what so ever. When can I go to the next stage using Zenphoto. Probaly I missed something. I am still staring at the Zenphoto setup page.

thanks for your patience

If there are no buttons to push there most likely is a script error. You will have to look at your server logs to see what PHP errors have occurred. For instance, if the `chmod()` function does not exist you will not get very far.