Apache log:

[Wed Jun 08 09:38:15 2005] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Wed Jun 08 09:38:15 2005] [notice] Apache/2.0.53 (Win32) PHP/5.0.4 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Jun 08 09:38:15 2005] [notice] Server built: Feb 10 2005 06:11:34
[Wed ...

PHP 5.0.4
Apache 2.0.53 (Win32)
MySQL 4.1.12a

Database installed specifically for this project. Originally set for UTF-8, everything else defaults. I reconfigured for Latin on the off chance that was a problem. No change.

Thanks for trying to replicate my problem.

If you were able to choose a category with no entries then you apparently didn't have the same problem. I can't even get that far since the weblog is essentially disabled once there is any unreferenced category. Meaning, even addressing serendipity/index ...

Fresh vanilla installation of 0.8.1 (actually several reinstalls trying to understand the problem).

Created a single new entry after installation.
Added a single category.

Now any attempt to access entries (e.g., Edit Entry, exiting admin to weblog) results in an "Apache.exe - Application Error ...