Wordpress local install (Windows)

Recently started to explore Wordpress and it's wonders...
Here's what I've done to install Wordpress locally on my host.

Requirements:

• Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x
• httpd-2.2.15-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
• PHP 5
•  php-5.3.3-Win32-VC6-x86
• you need to be using the VC6 release candidates, not the VC9. VC9 is for use with IIS
• MySQL
• mysql-essential-5.1.49-winx64.msi
• Wordpress 
• wordpress-3.0.1-pt_PT.zip

Procedures:

1. Install PHP
• config file php.ini
• short_open_tag = On
• magic_quotes_gpc = On
2. Install local web server (Apache)
• config file httpd.conf
• Listen 127.0.0.1:8080
• Listen 8080
• Config PHP to Apache
•  LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files (x86)/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
• AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
• PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files (x86)/PHP"
• SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
3. Install MySQL
• create database for wordpress
• mysql> create database wordpress;
• create user for wordpress
• mysql> create user wordpress identified by '123qwe';
• mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to wordpress with grant option;
4. Confg localhost to hosts file
• Add new line to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
• 127.0.0.1    localhost
5. Wordpress install
• unzip wordpress inside Apaches' htdocs folder
• config database connection on file htdocs\wordpress\wp-config.php
• define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
• define('DB_USER', 'wordpress');
• define('DB_PASSWORD', '123qwe');
• define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
• The famous 5 minutes install !
• http://localhost:8080/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php