Php 5 Apache 2.2.4 Windows Crashes with mod rewrite

["Sam Sherlock" <sam.sherlock@xxxxxxxxx>]

Basic Mod Rewrite's work fin but more complex one crash httpd.  Wordpress & cakePHP when using mod rewrite

I have php4 set up on another instance of apache but can't get php5 to work with apache

from my error log
[Wed May 02 15:47:51 2007] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 1073807364 -- Restarting.
[Wed May 02 15:48:24 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) PHP/5.2.1 configured -- resuming normal operations


[Wed May 02 15:48:24 2007] [notice] Server built: Jan  9 2007 23:17:20
[Wed May 02 15:48:24 2007] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2016
[Wed May 02 15:48:28 2007] [notice] Child 2016: Child process is running
[Wed May 02 15:48:28 2007] [notice] Child 2016: Acquired the start mutex.
[Wed May 02 15:48:28 2007] [notice] Child 2016: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Wed May 02 15:48:28 2007] [notice] Child 2016: Starting thread to listen on port 85.

I have googled this extensively and I have only found reports of similar issues  with no solutions applicable to my case

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks - Sam