How do you enable Apache mod_rewrite and .htaccess support on a Windows system?

After installing Apache, edit `conf/httpd.conf` to uncomment `LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so` to enable mod_rewrite. Then, in the same file, change `AllowOverride None` to `AllowOverride All` for the DocumentRoot directory to allow `.htaccess` files. Finally, place a `.htaccess` file with `RewriteEngine on` and desired rules in the htdocs folder.