magento localhost

most days i do something i've never done before.  having gone hang gliding the other day, i'm on a roll.

today, i'm doing a local setup of magento.

1) download magento
2) download ms visual c++
3) download wampserver
4) install visual c++
5) install wampserver all default settings
6) under c: > windows > system32 > drivers > etc > hosts, set 127.0.0.1 to whatever site you want to direct to your localhost setup
7) start wamp
8) put it online
9) run phpmyadmin in wamp and create a new database
10) unzip magento and drag all files/folders in magento into c: > wamp > www
11) click on wamp in your icon tray > php > php extensions > select php curl
12) go to your url you set to your local host in step 6
13) accept terms
14) if you receive a php curl extension error even after enabling it in step ll, replace your php_curl.dll with a fixed extension from here
15) enable rewrite_module in apache > apache modules from the tray icon
16) in your configuration window, enter your database name from step 9 and also check the 'use web server' option
17) create your user account and you're good to go!