I'm having the same experience as Zarzal.
Like him, I had to use the "I will do my own language file mod" option to get the installer past the "Language" step.
At least I got it finished and hope that all goes well from here.
Thanks for the confirmation Zarzal.
Since I'm using a more recent version of PHP, I will make the update suggested by Phillip above.
Thanks for the help and input!