Hi,
I checked the latest xampp version. register_globals and session.auto_start are set to Off in that version.
So you need session_start() on top of every script. You don't need to use session_register. Set and access session variables with $SESSION['varname'] (e.g. $SESSION['auth_user']).
Session variables will be registered automaticalle the first time you set them with the $SESSION array.
As register_globals is set to Off you need to use $POST['varname'] to get posted values and $_GET['varname'] to access get variables.
You can read more about this here and here .
Thomas