Hi alan, i found your answer.. and i learned something too, 

 scroll down a bit you will see a reply by Den that Oxwall is not compatible with windows server, it must be installed on apache.
http://www.oxwall.org/forum/topic/1503

here is the quote: 

DenJul 13 '11

@Michael
It seems that this site is hosted by windows server and IIS, which is not compatible with oxwall requirements. Oxwall can be installed on Apache web server only.

Alan please try to keep posts the same, that way we dont have to do all the background work again :)  Thanks buddy

This post is also connected to this post http://www.oxwall.org/forum/topic/32488

well i also found this with some good information for you too seems like there are some things you can try Alan.. 

http://www.oxwall.org/forum/topic/11137

So it seems it's a mod rewrite issue >.< I have it installed then uninstalled it then reinstalled it again, I had it working at one time, everything else is working just oxwall isn't. I searched as well and it seems it is definitely mod_rewrite issue even though it appears to be working >.< I guess it is working but not sure what to do with it. Seems it needs to be edited but I'm unsure what to put lol