Can't connect to "localhost"
Hi, I found this on http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/read.php?2,78742 Basically make sure no other program conflict Wamp such as IIS, SQL, Skype, Zonealarm, firewall/antivirus, NOD32, Eset, any web related program including Remote Desktop, Teamviewer ... IIS and Apache/Wamp are both web server and might conflict in some way, so you have to disable IIS in order for Wamp to work Disable IIS in W7: Control Panel, Uninstall Programs, Turn Widows Features On or Off, uncheck Internet Information Services Restart computer, then restart Wamp Also, in folder C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc, open file hosts and delete anything in this file and have only this line below and nothing else 127.0.0.1 localhost If using Skype, open Skype > Tools > Options > Advanced > Connection then uncheck "use port 80..." restart Wamp then Skype Hope this helps
November 3rd, 2011 12:12pm

Hi, today I've installed wampserver 2.0i to test a new cms I'm using and I wanted to work on localhost instead of the web server. After installing wampserver on my C: I tried to connect to localhost to install phpmyadmin and the cms... Firefox 7 didn't allow me to connect to it. In fact, Firefox 7 keeps adding "www." and ".com" to localhost. The first thing I did of course is googling some answers. I found many topics providing many solutions. Here's a list of what I've been dealing with (that didn't work for me): First solution found: 1. Go to: \system32\drivers\etc\hosts 2. Open it as admin with notepad 3. Delete line: ::1 localhost 4. Save 5. Open command prompt as admin 6. type: ipconfig /flushdns 7. Done Second solution found: 1. Open Firefox 7; go to: about:config 2. Type: network.dns.disableIPv6 3. make it false 4. Done Third solution found: 1. Try to connect to 127.0.0.1 instead. 2. Can't. I get the message: Connection to the server has been reset. Fourth solution found: 1. Try to connect with port :8080 2. Doesn't work either; same message. ----------------------------------------------------------- I also tested the connection with IE8. Doesn't work either (Page cannot be displayed). I simply can't access to localhost. I opened to command prompt to test the ping for both localhost and 127.0.0.1 and it worked well. I don't know what's going on and some help would be very appreciated. Thanks. Here's my specs: Windows7 Pro 64bits Firefox 7.0.1 Wampserver 2.0i CMS used: Fork
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November 4th, 2011 11:51pm

Hi, I found this on http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/read.php?2,78742 Basically make sure no other program conflict Wamp such as IIS, SQL, Skype, Zonealarm, firewall/antivirus, NOD32, Eset, any web related program including Remote Desktop, Teamviewer ... IIS and Apache/Wamp are both web server and might conflict in some way, so you have to disable IIS in order for Wamp to work Disable IIS in W7: Control Panel, Uninstall Programs, Turn Widows Features On or Off, uncheck Internet Information Services Restart computer, then restart Wamp Also, in folder C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc, open file hosts and delete anything in this file and have only this line below and nothing else 127.0.0.1 localhost If using Skype, open Skype > Tools > Options > Advanced > Connection then uncheck "use port 80..." restart Wamp then Skype Hope this helps
November 5th, 2011 4:56am

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