1. Create a directory which will contain your website files. For example, on drive C:\, create a directory called my_website:

2. Inside my_website directory, create a new file called "index". This will be the default web page shown when the website is visited.

3. Open index file with your favorite editor (for example, Notepad) and enter some HTML / PHP code:

4. Save this file as index.php:

5. Download Mongoose executable from http://cesanta.com/mongoose.shtml and copy the executable inside my_website directory:

6. Double-click mongoose executable. An icon will appear on a system tray in the bottom right corner of the desktop:

7. Download PHP 5.3 zip (do NOT download PHP 5.5 cause you might have missing DLLs problem) from http://windows.php.net/download and extract it to C:\php5 directory:

8. Click on the mongoose icon and choose "Edit Settings" menu.:

9. A settings dialog will appear. Click on cgi_interpreter button:

10. Choose C:\php5\php-cgi.exe and click "Save Settings":

11. Click on the mongoose icon and choose "Go to my address" menu:

12. A browser will popup displaying index.php.