Hybrid, no need to set the cron up. 

Do you replace the config.php file the step before? Or don't you get the new config.php content? 

I'm not sure that I follow what you asked in terms of if I replace the config.php file the step before?  Or don't I get the new config.php content?

The step before setting up the cron job in the installation of oxwall is entering the details/info for my database.

Host:

User:

Password:

Database Name:

Table prefix:

All of this information is correct when I enter it.  But when I click "Continue" and it takes me to the "Install" page (3rd step), it is asking me to setup a cron job.  However, when I click continue, what I posted in my original post is what I'm receiving.

Any ideas?

You mention that I do not need to set the cron up...If that's the case, why am I having issues?  Shouldn't it just by-pass it and let me install the software on my localhost?

its not the cron that the problem. its the database setup step.

on your localhost, probably, your database user password is blank... (and your user name is probably root)

on mine it is too.. so i went to the file ow_install/files/config.txt

and changed the line that says:

define('OW_DB_PASSWORD', '{$db_password}');

to:

define('OW_DB_PASSWORD', '');

i assume that if you have a password for your database user on your localhost, you wouldn't run into such a problem

I had trouble setting up cron in windows so I made a batch file and used Task Scheduler in Administrative Tools to get cron to work.

This website explains on how to do it... http://www.imranulhoque.com/...-as-cron-in-windows/

I for whatever reason can not even get this far and I have no idea why? Just told it's unable to handle the request

I had the exact same problem and someone told me that it could be because I don't have an activated windows, what do you think can help me?