The Apache documentation is written for *nix. The syntax for Apache in Windows is a little different.

Tip #1: "\" will need to be changed to "/"

Example:
c:\temp will need to be changed to c:/temp

Tip #2:
Directories with spaces in them will need quotes (") around them.

Examples:

AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/passfile"
-- correct
AuthUserFile C:/Program Files/passfile
-- incorrect

AuthUserFile C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/.htpasswd
-- incorrect
AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/.htpasswd"
-- correct

Alias /stuff/ "C:/"

<Directory "C:/">
                Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
</Directory>

The above is for Apache on Windows but the *nix version is similar.