This is a very interesting situation. After some trial and error, I figured this worked in my php.ini:
extension=php_bz2.dll
extension=php_cpdf.dll
extension=php_crack.dll
;extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_db.dll
;extension=php_dba.dll
extension=php_dbase.dll
extension=php_dbx.dll
;extension=php_domxml.dll
;extension=php_exif.dll
;extension=php_fbsql.dll
;extension=php_fdf.dll
extension=php_filepro.dll
;extension=php_gd.dll
;extension=php_gd2.dll
;extension=php_gettext.dll
;extension=php_hyperwave.dll
;extension=php_iconv.dll
;extension=php_ifx.dll
extension=php_iisfunc.dll
;extension=php_imap.dll
;extension=php_interbase.dll
extension=php_java.dll
;extension=php_ldap.dll
;extension=php_mbstring.dll
;extension=php_mcrypt.dll
;extension=php_mhash.dll
extension=php_mime_magic.dll
extension=php_ming.dll
;extension=php_mssql.dll
;extension=php_msql.dll
;extension=php_oci8.dll
;extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_oracle.dll
;extension=php_pdf.dll
;extension=php_pgsql.dll
extension=php_printer.dll
extension=php_shmop.dll
extension=php_snmp.dll
;extension=php_sockets.dll
;extension=php_sybase_ct.dll
extension=php_w32api.dll
;extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
;extension=php_xslt.dll
;extension=php_yaz.dll
extension=php_zip.dll
that will be only less than half of all extensions are found, allthough ALL (except php_gd.dll) are in the same directory!
i want php_gd2.dll to function, that is really all that matters, why is IIS and XP causing these problems??
EDIT: try this: i changed the name of php_gd2 to one of the extensions that worked to load, but then that name couldn't be found! i chagned it back, and suddenly it worked again for that extension. gd2 still never works!! HELP