Drupal 6.x

I just bought a computer with Windows Vista (I know, this was my first mistake)

I've never programmed before. I hardly know how to install anything.

I'd like to install everything locally on my computer, so I can get acquainted with php/mysql/drupal

Could someone walk me through exactly what I need to do to get everything up and running on my computer?

TIA!

I'm feeling my way around Drupals admin interface and so far i'm liking the power and flexibility. However, i would like to have a website with different layouts for different pages etc. how do i accomplish this?

I am trying to test 6 beta 4.

Found the following errors:
Haven't submitted errors before. So, I am just posting it here. If it is a valid bug, I would post it to issue log.

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a.) When I clicked on "preview" got this error:

warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\installs\apache\Apache2.2\htdocs\drupal-6.0b3\modules\taxonomy\taxonomy.module on line 516.

b.) I continued to "save" it and got the following error:

Hey,

once Drupal 6 RC4 is installed - and Drupal 6 get released, is it just overwriting the old files with the new ones or will there be any additional changes (sql structure or other things)?

I'm looking for a good CMS for a client with a restaurant/bar. they want to maintain online food and drink menus. The design is pretty strict and relies on CSS for heavy styling so just letting the client hand edit the layout would be a disaster. I'd like to have an interface where they client can set up one or more menus with categories and each menu item may have a title, description and price. With Expression Engine custom fields is the best approach without building something custom. What are my options with Drupal?

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