I've put together a Guide for installing 1.7 in a Windows Environment, Hopefully it will save you guys all a bit of time. It is aimed at users with little to no background experience with PHP, Apache, MYsql, etc...

(http://everyday-tech.com/archives/830)

If you have any questions / concerns / comments - Please let me know!!

~Cheers

Tested For Windows XP SP3 & Windows 7 SP1