a new version of xampp for windows was posted today
http://www.apachefriends.org/index-en.html
New features are:
* Apache 2.0.48
* MySQL 4.0.17
* PHP 4.3.4 + mod_php 4.3.4
* Perl 5.8.2 + mod_perl 1.99_12
* Openssl 0.9.7c + mod_ssl 2.0.48
* SQLite 2.8.11
* PHPMyAdmin 2.5.5 pl1
John