sorry for my delay,can i help u now?

Sure you can. Where do I test installation of MODs? After the last experience I am apprehensive about doing it on live boards.

As always, it is advised to set up a local / test server to be able to make sure you did well when installing a mod before you go online. xampp is my proffered solution for that, you'll find instructions about how to activate mod_rewrite on it in each phpBB3 mod rewrite release thread :
http://www.phpbb-seo.com/boards/advance ... t1219.html

SeO wrote:You should perform test locally or on a test server before you use this setup on a live site. This will prevent many small path issues in .htaccess from becoming too stressing for you

Our advice goes to Xampp to set up a local test server.
To load mod Rewrite with Xampp :

Open <xampp-directory>/apache/conf/httpd.conf and replace :

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#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

With :

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LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

And then :

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<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride none
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

With :

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<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

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