Apache server on Windows Vista

In the past I always configured my own Apache webserver / PHP, etc. I don't know why (I'm not that much of a server expert), but it just fellt better. On my new PC with Windows Vista however, I couldn't get it to work easily. So I looked around a bit and stumbled upon an all-in-one solution called Wamp. According to the developers it works fine on Vista (takes care of UAC), and after some testing I can happily confirm that it does! The setup asks a few questions, so it automatically configures the web servers. Another cool thing is that Wamp runs an icon in the taskbar (next to the clock) that let's you quickly configure stuff! Nice!

Running multiple version of IE on one machine

Microsoft auto updating can be quite annoying for us web developers.. A large amount of users still use IE6 (some even use IE 5/5.5) and after IE7 is (automatically) installed for you, you can't test your websites using olders browsers anymore. At least, not without a little effort. Luckily Yousif has created this amazing package called Multple IE, that actually installs Internet Explorer versions 3, 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 as standalone applications! It creates shortcuts for the chosen versions (you can configure which versions to install) which is truly great! A must have for web developer's, I'd say. Right now I've tested version 5, 5.5 and 6 in Windows XP SP2 and they work fine.