Quick Steps Installing Tomcat Server on Windows ..
1)Download JDK1.2.2 from java.sun.com
2)Download the exe or zip of tomcat file from http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.1/bin/
3)Unzip the exe
4)Go to dos command mode. Include c:\jdk1.2.2\bin to your dos PATH .
5)Set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.2.2 (or which ever version of jdk you installed)
6)Go to the Tomcat unzipped directory and cd to its bin directory
7)type startup, this will start tomcat web server on your machine
8)Open you web browser and type http://localhost:8080
9) View some examples and their source to get familiar with jsp and servlets.