The all famous mod_rewrite issue

[eluser]selman555[/eluser]
[quote author="Jeroen Schaftenaar" date="1342560252"]
If you get a 404 it could be that your mod_rewrite is not enabled, as you set it up to display a 404 when mod_rewrite is not enabled. Also try using it without the question mark in this

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

. Again what really is happening should be in the apache log files.[/quote]
Not enabled? If I recall correctly, I should just uncomment a line and replace allowoverride none with allowoverride all in httpd.conf so that xampp settings can be overwritten with .htaccess files.
The .htaccess file I posted here is the one I used on my old pc, where it worked just fine.

I also tried your suggestion and deleted the "?", but i'm still getting the 404 error.
I think i'm going to give up!