Unix vs Windows

I’m having trouble with the setup of WP. I installed it on a Windows server running PHP v7.2 and everything was good except i could not change permissions so I could upload image files — always received an error.

I reinstalled it on a Unix server but they are only running PHP v5.5 so it’s not running there, either.

Will the Windows version work well and is there a way for me to set permissions on a folder in a windows server so that folder and all child folders inherit the same permissions without having access to admin section of the actual server?