I'm not a pro, but had the same error, and worked around it by doing the following:

1. I found 3 *.ini files related to php:

php.ini         in folder D:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.5
phpForApache.ini       in folder D:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.5
php.ini            in folder D:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.6\bin

of course file folders & locations will be different by you.
using a text editor, i increased the "max_execution_time" parameter in these files from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.

this worked for me, i hope it does for you.
Ahmed

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of mysql_fetch_array(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 2.0\www\frontstock\includes\db\connect_db.inc on line 50

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 2.0\www\frontstock\includes\db\connect_db.inc on line 33

Please help me