Could really do with some help on this one, First I messed up I had a full development server set up on my pc all installed from scratch, I needed to update mysql so tried that but it caused problems I removed that but was left with two instances finally I got those removed.
I could not find a way to reinstall everything from scratch as I could not find the resource I used to follow. I've removed everything and tried xammp but I have a problem either mysql or apache are timing out after 5 minutes or so and I have to start both all over to get it to work for another 5 minutes.
What I've tried :
I increased ram in my.ini no real change apart from pages loading faster.
I increased the time out option for Apache in httpd.conf this did not do anything at all but If I lower it, it cuts out early.
Disabled anti-virus
Disabled Firewall
I've asked and tried everything I can think of but with no look please help.