security issues are a long passionate debate, some are convinced that MS IIS servers (15% market share) are robust while others prefer Apache (65% market share). fortunately it was not the question.
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can't find the files in the htdocs/www folder
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in the file <your install dir>/conf/httpd.conf
change "DocumentRoot" to match your document root.
(if your httpd.conf ends with an include of a "httpd.include" file, modify the setting in that file).
I assume a 2.2+ (or 2.4) release of Apache is installed.
if it is not the case,
(choose your platform 32 / 64, then the version 2.4 with open ssl 0.9.8 (you likely don't need SSL at all).
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or can't connect to MSSQL
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you need a MSSQL-svr (!) and the native SQL client pack and a driver to let PHP talk to the SQL middleware.
the native client is a part of the SQL-server, double-check the install (do a maint) to be sure it is installed.
the driver is
I'm using the version 2 w/o trouble but it support Apache version 2.2 & 2.3; the current release is 2.4, so the version 3 of driver is required, but (and w/o surprise) microsoft did its best to forbid its use under OS prior seven; in short to use a 15k FREE driver you have to pay a full license for the latest OS; out of topic but boring, I keep my XP and do not perform a test of that release 3.
if you success to launch it, provide it the extension ("ext") sub-directory of your PHP install, it will install the drivers and some help files, read them (the 6 lines!) to choose the driver you must use.
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