oops I have not compiled anope. When I tried on my 7 machine, it didn't find any compiler since it only goes up to 2010. On the xp machine, it gave me:
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Do you want to compile Anope with MySQL Support?
NOTE: You will need to have installed MySQL 3.23 or Above
Available Options: yes, no
Default Answer: no
Enable MySQL Support?
no
Looking for a suitable compiler...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (64bit)...
ERROR: Cannot find MSVCRT.lib - This version is probably not installed...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010...
ERROR: Cannot find MSVCRT.lib - This version is probably not installed...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008...
ERROR: Cannot find MSVCRT.lib - This version is probably not installed...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (64bit)...
ERROR: Cannot find MSVCRT.lib - This version is probably not installed...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005...
ERROR: Cannot find wsock32.lib - Probably missing PlatformSDK...
Looking for: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Old PSDK)...
SUCCESS: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Old PSDK) was found, and is complete!
Build tools were found successfully!
Anope will be compiled with the following options:
MySQL DB Support: [NO]
Compiler Version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Old PSDK)
MySQLDB Version: Not Enabled
Anope Version: 1.8.7.3089
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