Hi, I also had problem installingg the latest xoops version. after intallation success i still got those error message. Really hope anyone can help me to solve this:

Strict Standards: Non-static method XoopsLoad::load() should not be called statically in C:\EasyPHP-5.3.8.1\www\hbp\include\common.php on line 49

Strict Standards: Non-static method XoopsLoad::loadCore() should not be called statically in C:\EasyPHP-5.3.8.1\www\hbp\class\xoopsload.php on line 71

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I installed in Win &, using easyPHP package 5.3.8.1 version.