I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.)
Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions.