wampserver

Apache

• Drupal will work on Apache 1.3 or Apache 2.x hosted on UNIX/Linux, OS X, or Windows.
• Apache 'mod_rewrite' extension to allow for clean URLs.
•  GD library 2.0 or higher
• 'mod_mime' for mail

MySQL

• MySQL 4.1 or higher
• Db user has to be allowed to: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, IN
  

These are the PHP extentions I use to have on my servers.

Through wamp tray icon, open file php.ini to edit this line to show EST
date.timezone = UTC-01:00

Make sure to restart wamp to take effect

Importent settings when installing WAMP for Drupal