If I wanted to use the WPI for installing WordPress for example, PhP and MySQL would also need to be installed. Obviously PhP would need to be installed on the same machine. However, what if I wanted to use a MySQL installation on another Machine? Would I be prompted to install or not install each necessary...

I have a windows 2008 server box with 4 meg. As I developed the site I used MS SQL 2008 Express. But now I want to set up a WordPress blog. But it requires PHP and MySQL for the install. This makes me REALLY nervous! Does anyone run both database servers on a single box? I would welcome any advice.....

Hi I just installed the WPI 2.0 RC on my Vista SP1 desktop to try it out, and tried to install a WordPress blog (FYI MySQL was already installed, the rest of the "package" wasn't). Also, if it matters, I did it whilst I had Visual Studio (2008 Pro) and SQL Server 2005 Management Studio...

Nevermind, after a complete re-install of MySQL, I got it to work. But not with the MySQL-installer from the Web Platform Installer. I had to get the official installer.