When exactly do you get this error? Right when starting the installation or later? If later, at what step? Also please check the error log of your php installation, maybe there is something interesting in there.
This error message is displayed when I attempt to execute ezpublish-3.8.6/index.php just after unzipping ezPublish. There is no new line in the PHP error log file for this. There is nothing on the screen except the Apache error message.
Here is the logs in the Apache error log file for one attemp to execute the index.php file.
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:07 2006] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 3221225725 -- Restarting.
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:07 2006] [notice] Apache/2.0.59 (Win32) PHP/4.4.4 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:07 2006] [notice] Server built: Jul 27 2006 15:55:03
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:07 2006] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4340
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:08 2006] [notice] Child 4340: Child process is running
[Wed Dec 13 22:52:08 2006] [notice] Child 4340: Acquired the start mutex. [Wed Dec 13 22:52:08 2006] [notice] Child 4340: Starting 250 worker threads.
What's about the Tim's message https://ez.no/community/forum/install_configuration/how_do_i_install_ez_publish_on_windows which say's "eZpublish has some issues with Apache 2 (or at least has had so relatively recently)" ?
Thanks for this indication for resolving the problem. I try to downgrade for PHP 4.4.2, but I always have the issue. I will try with a PHP 4.3.x version