Setting up a local host

[ErnieTheMilk]

I'm hoping this is the right place to ask this question.

Can someone talk me through how to set up a local host on my computer.

Many thanks

[Steve Machol]

Here is one option to do that:

http://www.en.wampserver.com/

[mlx]

Another alternative would be XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)