On 9 Jul 2003 07:05:19 -0700, The Other Guy responded to a post from
LISAPOP@prodigy.net (Frustrated) who wrote in
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows:

>I've intalled Apache 2 with windows XP--I have no other web servers so
>I set it up to listen on port 80 with local host as the names I
>inputed. I have the Apache Monitor running in the toolbar--it is set
>on start. I have been unable to open apache for the firt time. I've
>read that I need to type in C:|Apache2> bin\Apache.exe in my command
>prompt(it doesn't work) do I need to type this is when my apache
>monitor has the green triangle?(meaning it has started).
> What I get when I type in http://localhost/ is my IS cannot open
>page due to page being unavailable or nonexistent. What do I do to
>get this thing to work? Do I type anything into the Apache Monitor?
>Please e-mail me help:LISAPOP@prodigy.net. THank you.

The green triangle indicates that Apache is running as a service on
your machine (so you do not need to type "apache" into the command
line). You also do not need to type anything into the Apache Monitor,
but you can use it to stop/restart or start Apache again.

Try typing http://localhost (without the trailing slash) or
http://127.0.0.1 to see if they work (you should just be able to click
these links and the browser should open to the requested page).

Also, check your Apache error logs for any indication of why the page
may not be served.

Regards,
TOG

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