@Brandon_R: A mod is not necessary, and as stated above (Ceri May's post), having a simple forum permission that would allow users to only read their own threads is a way better idea than a full out mod that only does one thing.
Meh.
Nope. For the longest time I've been using just a standard Windows XP Professional installation running Abyss Web Server and PHP/MySQL Community Server. Hasn't failed me, but now I'm running Windows 7 on the same machine.