I'm new to phpbb seo in general, but i like the idea of using it, so the last hours I tried to install it but without much success.
Here is what i did under my local WAMP:
1- Installed locally fresh phpbb 3.0.5
2- Installed successfully 127.0.0.1/bb/phpbb_seo/phpbb_seo_install.php (phpBB SEO Ultimate SEO URL 0.6.0)
3- Went into the ACP and configured the .htaccess, but i'm not running the test under the root directory and i don't intent to do so either for structural reasons
I'm stuck customizing the .htaccess for the 127.0.0.1/bb/ in any mode (i tried to use all of them)
Because of that problem I'm having 404 errors for any page when i enable the mod_rewrite (beside the home page).
The .htaccess file is located in the 127.0.0.1/bb/
Here is the generated code of my .htaccess file:

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    # Lines That should already be in your .htacess
    <Files "config.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>
    <Files "common.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>

    # You may need to un-comment the following lines
    # Options +FollowSymlinks
    # To make sure that rewritten dir or file (/|.html) will not load dir.php in case it exist
    # Options -MultiViews
    # REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
    RewriteEngine On
    # REWRITE BASE
    RewriteBase /bb/
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO FORCE CANONICAL DOMAIN
    # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^127\.0\.0\.1$ [NC]
    # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://127.0.0.1/bb/$1 [QSA,L,R=301]

    # DO NOT GO FURTHER IF THE REQUESTED FILE / DIR DOES EXISTS
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule . - [L]
    #####################################################
    # PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES ALL MODES
    #####################################################
    # AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
    # STARTED : 01/2006
    #################################
    # FORUMS PAGES
    ###############
    # FORUM INDEX REWRITERULE WOULD STAND HERE IF USED. "forum" REQUIRES TO BE SET AS FORUM INDEX
    # RewriteRule ^forum\.html$ index.php [QSA,L,NC]
    # FORUM ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ viewforum.php?f=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?f=$2&t=$4&start=$6 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^announces/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]*)/?(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$3&start=$5 [QSA,L,NC]
    # PHPBB FILES ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^resources/[a-z0-9_-]+/(thumb/)?([0-9]+)$ download/file.php?id=$2&t=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # PROFILES ALL MODES WITH ID
    RewriteRule ^(member|[a-z0-9_-]*-u)([0-9]+)\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$2 [QSA,L,NC]
    # USER MESSAGES ALL MODES WITH ID
    RewriteRule ^(member|[a-z0-9_-]*-u)([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?author_id=$2&sr=$3&start=$5 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GROUPS ALL MODES
    RewriteRule ^(group|[a-z0-9_-]*-g)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # POST
    RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # ACTIVE TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # UNANSWERED TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # NEW POSTS
    RewriteRule ^newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # THE TEAM
    RewriteRule ^the-team\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES

    # FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM ALL MODES (SAME DELIM)
    # THESE THREE LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)/?(page([0-9]+)\.html)?$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # END PHPBB PAGES
    #####################################################



Under phpbb 3.0.4 with advance seo 0.4.8 i got it working fine, but not with the newly released version of phpBB SEO Ultimate SEO URL 0.6.0 in phpbb 3.0.5.
Any idea what i do wrong?

If used in bb/, your .htaccess looks ok, but you may need to add extra slashes before the script names, and eventually to delete these rewriterule :

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]

I don't see no reason why ti could cause trouble, but who knows.