You didn't mention which version of Apache, I'm assuming 1.3.29 (Apache 2.0 should be similar, though). Now, if you go to either

http://localhost
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or

 
http://127.0.0.1
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with your browser, you should see the apache test page. If that's showing, Apache was installed correctly.

Now for the cgi-bin part: Make sure that your apache installation has a cgi-bin directory and the script you're calling is in there. Depending on your installation, this might be in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\cgi-bin or similar.

Then, open a DOS (gack!) window, go into the directory and try running the script by hand:

perl test.cgi
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Check the output. If that shows something like

Content-type: text/plain

CGI/1.0 test script report:
...
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then you're in business and can try

http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi
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in your browser. Let us know at which part of the way you're stuck, and we can provide more help.

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