Software: Apache. PHP/5.5.15 

uname -a: Windows NT SVR-DMZ 6.1 build 7600 (Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition) i586 

SYSTEM 

Safe-mode: OFF (not secure)

C:\Intranet\C\xampp\htdocs\drupal\modules\imagecache\   drwxrwxrwx
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Apache2 + mod_rewrite
  Works out of the box..


LightHTTPD:
  http://nordisch.org/2007/2/6/drupal-on-lighttpd-with-clean-urls

IIS 6:
  add an error404.asp that passed everything to drupal.

  <%
    Response.Expires=0
    strQString=Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")
    If (InStr(strQString,"/d5/")) Then
    pos=Instr(strQString,"/d5/")+3
    Id=Right(strQString,Len(strQString)-pos) 
    Response.Redirect("/d5/index.php?q=" & Id)
    End If
    Response.Redirect("index.htm")
  %>