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Hello,

I still have the rewrite issue. I have to type in http://127.0.0.1/magento/index.php in order to install.
After I check that rewrite is selected, I still have to type http://127.0.0.1/magento/index.php/admin.
If not, my web browser asks me where to download the file.

After extensive research, you should add these following instructions. If people are using this as a development should comment out the following lines from app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php

session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime(),
$this->getCookie()->getPath(),
$this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
$this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
$this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);

to

session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime(),
$this->getCookie()->getPath() // don't forget to put back the comma "," when uncommenting the lines below
//$this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
//$this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
//$this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);

thanks for writting this installation guide, i've been breaking my head for weeks...