Enabling SEF on Windows using Apache server

This is a quick tip for all Joomla developers whose developing on Windows using Apache server. I've been trying to figure out how to make Joomla SEF work on Windows environment and finally got it after some googling.

This involves modification to Apache's http.conf:

1. Copy htaccess.txt to .htaccess (Windows Explorer won't let you rename it, so you'll need to do this on DOS prompt mode)
2. Go to Joomla admin >> Site >> Global Configuration >> SEO tab and click "yes" to "Search Engine Friendly URLs".
3. Find your Apache installation directory and go to conf directory and edit httpd.conf.
4. If you don't have the following entries below, just add it and save.
   
   
   Options FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
   
   
   
5. Restart Apache and that's it!

Source: Joomlahacks.com