Apache and mod_rewrite

[Langdon Stevenson]

Hi,

I am busy setting up my (web) development environment on my new F7 
machine and have found that mod_rewrite in Apache is not working.

phpinfo() reports that mod_rewrite is loaded, but running a little test 
like that below fails.

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^test.html$ /test2.html [R=301]

Some searching tells me that mod_rewrite is usually compiled into Apache 
by default.

Can anyone tell me if mod_rewrite works for them without any changes to 
the F& Apache install?

Regards,
Langdon