Page Cannot be Displayed 500 Internal Server Error (yes I am a newbie to Dolphin) New install Windows

O.K. guys I am dying.  I have been hacking away at this for 6+ hours. I went through the detailed documentation step by step and some other posts I have found.  I also check the FAQ and the other blog entries and tried everything described and I am still unable to run the /install/index.php. I am very rusty at UNIX and app deployment but tried to make up for this buy reading carefully.  I am running Apache 2.2 on Windows. I gutted my IIS to avoid complications. I am running Dolphin 1.6.0005 ad free .  5.051 of MySQL.  I just finished re-unzipping all of the original files but before that tried the trick of deleting the .htaccess file and also commenting out the first line (obviously in reverse order).  I also modified the index.php file with a simple dialog and commenting out all of the other lines so I know the file is accessible.  I also checked the other scripts will run when called directly.  My goal is to put a “demo” site together to show some people to gauge interest but I can’t even get this installed.  Thanks for any help-