Thanks Richard,
I managed to get it working. I think what I was missing was actually addind files to repository, it's not enough to just run inside in a folder with files in it (yes, I AM new to this...) I suspect that the webserver/ui didn't work because I pointed it to an empty (but initialized) repo though I'd expect some sort of message indicating what the problem was.

Thank you Jerson for pointing me to it, and thank you also for the link to the book! I'll take a look at that.
Despite being command line I think I'm going to give it a shot, it's small and self contained and that does appeal to me. Apparently there a GUI tool (called Fuel) for it too though it's not as nicely integrated into the Windows Explorer as Tortoise HG seems to be - for good and bad of course.

Thanks again guys, and if you have any hint, tips, tricks etc please post them!

/Henrik.