[thelist] WinXP not finding Localhost with FireFox

[Maximillian Schwanekamp]

Michele Foster wrote:
> I can't seem to remember how to get IIS on WinXP to let FireFox (and 
> company) access my local web site. 

Check your HOSTS file.  Default location on XP is
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Make sure you have a line that says this:
127.0.0.1       localhost

The same is useful when you want to set up a local dev version of a site
you're working on, e.g.
127.0.0.1	mysite.com

Would make mysite.com (but not www.) point to 127.0.0.1.

HTH.

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Maximillian Von Schwanekamp
http://www.neptunewebworks.com/