I\'ve got fresh install of Apache 2.2 on my Vista machine, everything works fine, except mod rewrite.
I\'ve uncommented
LoadModule rewrite_module mo
If non of the above works try editing /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
almost at the top you will find
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all
Change the AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All
AllowOverride None
AllowOverride All
this worked for me