Well for me the best way to get familiar with a product is to teach it to someone else. So in that respect here is a guide that goes through how to get a working server under windows.
http://www.mattandwell.net/tutorials...rquest)_Server
Please note I didn't explore every single option in the guide, and I'm trying to keep it simple.
Anyway I hope this helps out some of us newer guys, and if this guide becomes outdated like the rest.. sorry
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cheers