No localhost

Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?) after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org

BTW, Apache2triad Version 1.3.1 is at http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=93507
G
"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> wrote in message news:C0hdd.31266$4C.6469427@twister.nyc.rr.com...
Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?) after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org

Further, I'm running on Windows XP Pro with a Windows HE laptop wirelessly connected through a Linksys Router and Access Point. The Apache services ARE started.

Have I forgotten any other useful piece of information?
G
"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> wrote in message news:C0hdd.31266$4C.6469427@twister.nyc.rr.com...
Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?) after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org

Ok, ok. I admit it. I have downloaded SP2 (aarrgh), am using Norton Firewall, and a few spy programs (SpyBot and SpyBlaster), but these are not new changes. Now Firefox, that was new. I removed it, though I think there are vestiges hanging out somewhere on this computer.

This is getting to be a book!
G
"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> wrote in message news:C0hdd.31266$4C.6469427@twister.nyc.rr.com...
Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?) after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org

Oh, yeh ... no error messages in error.log or any other error log.
G
"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> wrote in message news:C0hdd.31266$4C.6469427@twister.nyc.rr.com...
Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?) after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org

XP SP2 firewall blocks some programs from opening sockets.. That could be
it.. Maybe your HOSTS file got fucked up? Look in
\windows\system32\drivers\etc for a file named hosts. Open it with notepad.
It should include the line "127.0.0.1 localhost"... Otherwise, add it at
the bottom..

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"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> skrev i meddelandet
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Oh, yeh ... no error messages in error.log or any other error log.
G
"George Fowler" <george@minding.org> wrote in message
news:C0hdd.31266$4C.6469427@twister.nyc.rr.com...
Hi,

I've downloaded and installed an Apache package (with MySQL, PHP, Perl, and
more) from SourceForge.net and for quite some time (months), it worked
without problems. A few days ago, I did something (installed Firefox?)
after which localhost was no longer available! What happened? How do I fix
it? Any ideas?

Many thanks.
George
george@minding.org