You can use Python as a quick way to host static content. On Windows, there are many options for running Python, I’ve personally used Cygwin and ActivePython.

To use Python as a simple HTTP server just change your working directory to the folder with your static content and type python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000, everything in the directory will be available at http:/localhost:8000/

Edit: To do this with Python, 3.4.1 (and probably other versions of Python 3), use the http.server module:

python -m http.server 8000

or possibly:

python3 -m http.server 8000

on Windows:

py -m http.server 8000