need help installing SSL on Apache/Windows 2000

hi,

I am trying to set up my own SSL certificate on Windows 2000 running Apache
1.3.27, PHP 4.3.2, MySQL 3.23, using mod_ssl-2.8.14-1.3.27, openssl-0.9.6j.
ActiveState Perl (the latest release) is installed, as well as awk for
Windows (not the cygwin GAWK), and Visual C++ (used to compile Apache).

I followed, to the letter, the SSL installation instructions found at:
http://www.galatea.com/flashguides/apache-ssl-win32.xml

One difference is that my Apache installation is set up at D:\Program
Files\Apache Group\Apache (the http.conf lines found in section 4 of this
install guide were edited appropriately). I installed OpenSSL without a
hitch, created a D:\openssl directory as described in this instructional
guide (all references to C:\ in the installation guide above were switched
to D:\), installed mod_ssl, compiled Apache from the source using Visual C++
via the Windows 2000 command line, created a CA using the name
www.windsorcap.com (rather than my-server, as described in the install
guide), and added the appropriate lines to httpd.conf

Everything went fairly smoothly. There were a couple of points at which I
had to add some environment variables and restart the server, etc. but after
these were taken care of the installation went well. The http.conf
references were adjusted to point to the Apache directory (e.g.
"d:/progra~1/apache~1/apache" instead of "d:/progra~1/apache"). Also, I
added the php file extension to the cgi|shtml|phtml|php3 line, because all
of my files are PHP.

***** Here's the problem:

When I go to

https://168.143.185.85/home/index.php

I get a 'Security Alert' prompt exactly as I should (the certificate is not
Thawte-verified or anything yet), but when I ask to "continue", I get a page
not found error. We have not set up the DNS pointers yet, but we will once
the SSL is working properly. So right now, it's just an IP address.

Of course, the whole process of creating the certificate is very long and
complex, and I don't really even know where to start debugging this. So my
question is: What steps can I take to figure out what I did wrong here? Is
there any configuration in http.conf that I'm missing or is wrong? What can
I do to debug this thing? I've checked the Apache error log but can find
nothing relevant.

Thanks in advance for any assistance that anyone can provide!
- Darren