I DID run setup_xampp.bat this time and left xampplite at the root.
Version is xampplite-win32-1.5.4a.exe
This also might explain some other problems reported.
error.log:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'H:\\xampplite\\php\\ext\\php_imap.dll' - Ein an das System angeschlossenes Ger\xe4t funktioniert nicht.\r\n in Unknown on line 0
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:09 2006] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8d mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.1.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:09 2006] [notice] Server built: Sep 30 2006 21:24:06
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:09 2006] [notice] Parent: Created child process -16410793
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:24 2006] [notice] Child -16410793: Child process is running
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:24 2006] [notice] Child -16410793: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:24 2006] [notice] Child -16410793: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:27 2006] [notice] Child -16410793: Listening on port 443.
[Tue Nov 14 15:59:27 2006] [notice] Child -16410793: Listening on port 80.