Installing Drupal

hi all, I'm new to this web forums stuf and I'm trying to learn my way through drupal.

I'm running on IIS Local server, under Windows XP, you know kind of testing stuff on my pc, I'm using mySql database, and PHP 4.
I've installed drupal according to instructions, I used phpMyadmin to install the database, yet when I open my index page I get this error.

Sorry. I posted this elsewhere and then saw that it was for a CVS.
My problem is with the latest officialDrupal version. Once I get to know how i will delete my other post, so my crossposting was not intended. Sorry.

I just did a fresh install of Drupal 4.4.2 and am getting this error:
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'DB.php' (include_path='.:/var/www/php4/lib/php') in /home/username/www.website.ws/docs/includes/database.pear.inc on line 4

Line 4 of database.pear.inc says:
require_once 'DB.php';

I don't see a DB.php file. Where is that supposed to be?

can the topic be published to blog?

Warning: Failed opening '/home/sites/site3/web/index.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in Unknown on line 0
on linuxbase server

Hi all,

I browsed through the site using search, but I couldn't find a solution to my problem.
All though I suspect PHP Safe mode is the problem.

The site is working fine other than the image module
http://mattshangar4.free.fr/drupal/

Anyway here is the message error when I submit an image (preview works fine):

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warning: unlink(): Safe_mode.c: Access to [] for [/var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4] is forbidden in /var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4/drupal/modules/image.module on line 733.

warning: unlink(): Access forbidden! in /var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4/drupal/modules/image.module on line 733.

Cannot delete old image.

warning: unlink(): Safe_mode.c: Access to [] for [/var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4] is forbidden in /var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4/drupal/modules/image.module on line 736.

warning: unlink(): Access forbidden! in /var/www/free.fr/a/2/mattshangar4/drupal/modules/image.module on line 736.

Cannot delete old thumb.
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I run on a free host (www.free.fr) which is in safe mode
check this link which call phpinfo()
http://mattshangar4.free.fr/serverinfo.php

I checked the different admin section, everything is ok
the 3 paths (images, thumb, temp) are 755 (could not get better)
and are all at the root level of the site

after the error message, there is an image in the images and thumb directory
with a random name