i am installing XOOPS on a localhost (xampp) and it has gone well until i tried to create the SuperUser.

however, i'm getting the "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\xoops\class\database\mysqldatabase.php on line 238" error (as is warned in the installation chapter.

i tried restarting apache & MySQL but it isn't making any difference.

EDIT: btw, the database was created fine, with no problems on the first try.

ok, i knew that the "read only" option was an issue and even though during my installation everything checked out, i checked out the properties of the three folders and the one file... and sure enough, they're still listed as "read-only".

so this brings me to a stupid question, and one that i haven't been able to answer searching through the forum: how do i change these? i brought up the properties, deselected "read-only", APPLY and OK, and when i bring them up again to check them, they still have "read-only" selected.

what do i need to do?

Does the Windows user under which you're logged in have full control over those files/directories?

i've only got the one ("Computer Administrator") so i had better, but honestly, i'm not sure how to check that just to make sure.