Complete Webserver on a USB stick running on Windows (sorry)

I know I said I would never blog about Windows, but this piece of software is so great, I just have to mention it. Server2Go is a Webserver that runs out of the box without any installation and on write protected media if you wish, but I am going show you (step by step guide) how to get it up and running on a USB stick, so you can develop your website and all you need is a PC (or a Mac) and your USB stick:

1. Download the software (Update 27/2/2012). There are a few different version but I went for "PHP 5.3.2, SQLite, MySQL 5.1.46 and Apache 2.2.15" (server2go_a22_psm.exe).
2. Extract the downloaded file to your USB drive. It will take at least 200MB of space.
   
3. Now you have to be careful since you need to edit a file.
• You need to edit a file called pms_config.ini in the sub-directory \server2go_a2
  
  
  
  
• Use any editor you like put I used Notepad.
• You need to find the following variables and edit them to the new values.
• StartLocal = 1
• LocalMirror = 0
• Port=8888 (You may have to change port number Update 27/2/2012)
4. Now start the software by double clicking on \server2go_a2\Server2Go.exe
5. With any luck the IE will start and will look like:

6. With the above all done you can create wab pages in the directory \server2go_a2\htdocs and all changes you make to the MySQL will stay