[thelist] apache sever problem

Anthony Baratta Anthony at Baratta.com
Tue Feb 21 10:45:42 CST 2006


Stavba at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Sir: I  am a novice learning CSS and need a web server to test ie7. I have 
> Windows ME  with an aol dial-up network and no firewall. Following basic instru
> ctions for a  localhost I have tried installing both Win32 Binary (MSI 
> Installer):  apache_2.0.55-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi [PGP] [MD5] and Win32 Binary (Self  
> extracting): apache_1.3.34-win32-x86-no_src.exe [PGP] [MD5] with no luck. The  
> installations both seemed successful but when I typed in the address 
> "_http://localhost/_ (http://localhost/) " in both IE6 and firefox the  browsers were 
> unable to connect. What could be my problem? Sincerely, _stavba at aol.com_ 
> (mailto:stavba at aol.com) 

Do you have localhost in your hosts table?

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

you should have

127.0.0.1      localhost




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