At Last- Easy installation procedure for Mantis on windows

[muravi]

Here is a really really simple procedure to install Mantis on Windows XP in less than 5 minutes using wampserver 2.0b and mantis1.1.1

Downloaded wampserver 2.0b (Apache 2.2.8, MySql 5.0.51a, and PHP 5.2.5) and install on Windows XP box.
Type http://localhost in browser to confirm successful installation. You should get the wampserver page.
This also creates a folder c:\wamp
Downloaded Mantis-1.1.1.tar.gz, unzip into temp file and copy the contents into c:\wamp\www\MANTIS folder

then run http://localhost/MANTIS which opens pre-installation check webpage.
Enter the required information. Remember that the username is "root" with no password to create and to access the database. i.e. Enter the same login information for both cases. You can always change the password later thru mysql configuration.
After entering information under Installation Options, click "Install/Upgrade Database". This creates the required tables and checks other necessary parameters.

That's it folks. Now you can access the system at http://localhost/mantis. Username is "administrator" and password is "root". Once inside refer to the mantis documentation online for further configuration.

Good Luck