InnoDB problem with windows MySQL 5.0.15?

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i was trying to install gallery2 when i first noticed this problem
my post on the gallery forum can be found here:
http://gallery.menalto.com/node/39810

when using a command such as "create table test123 (id int not null);"
i'm getting the error:
"ERROR 1289 (HY000): The 'InnoDB' feature is disabled; you need MySQL built with 'InnoDB' to have it working"

and when i type in: "show innodb status;"
i receive the error "ERROR 1235 (42000): Cannot call SHOW INNODB STATUS because skip-innodb is defined"
but i clearly have "skip-innodb" commented out in my.ini

is there somewhere where "skip-innodb" is called other than in my.ini?
is there any other way to enable innodb manually?
is there just a bug with the innodb with windows version of mysql 5.0.15?


i am running fresh installs of the following on a windows machine:
apache 2.0.55
mysql 5.0.15
php 4.4.1
(all appear to be in working order despite the above error)