Thanks for the info ntd - I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I've set most of those settings except for the IIS_WPG and running chkdsk (it's a brand-new server tho and event logs have been squeaky clean even after multiple re-boots today). I'll give it a shot tomorrow anyways
Once ironed-out, this should be a decent resource for those in the same situation.
I've run wamp before and it worked fine, but IIS wasn't installed on it (was an xp pro system, which I imagine most wamp installs are).