Hi there,
I'll keep this short and sweet. I've tried installing SMF on WAMP/XAMPP and IIS and I'm having a terrible time just trying to get this forum software to work. It's not for lack of trying, I've followed guides and done what I can to the extent of my knowledge.
My mission is to have a local copy available so I can test the software on the side before I invest into a paid host. I've used SMFFORFREE.COM but there is functionality I'm missing and would like to have a local copy on a VM.
If anyone is willing to give me a guided tour of an easy install, I'd be ever so gracious.
This would be done on TeamViewer, through a VM that is isolated.
Please let me know if anyone is willing to help me out.
At which step you are getting error ?
(I'm assuming you are following this: http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Installing)
please keep to one topic per issue. http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=550358