Windows XP SP2 + Apache not responsing

Hi,

I used Apache 2.0.54 (official from www.apache.org) for about a month
on
my computer (WinXP SP2 + Avast antivirus), it worked flawlessly, last
night
I tried installing phpdev 4.23 (i wanted php+mysql and didn't want to
install
them all myself), and since then there's no response from the apache
server,
i go to "http://localhost" and the status bar just says "Waiting for
localhost..."

This is what I tried to do and got the exact same problem:
- i tried reinstalling the previous version (using the same
installation) i had before and now that doesn't work either
- using different ports
- install other versions of apache (2.0.55, 1.3.xx)
- I tried using Reactor Server 1.3, and easyPHP 1.8, and UniServer 3.2a
and 2.3,
- installed the WinXP KB884020 patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
- i tried disabling the windows firewall
- i closed avast antivirus

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
David E.
3david@gmail.com

I also tried to run a simple python-based http server and it worked
perfectly (on port 80 and also on some other ports just to make sure)

I also tried to run a simple python-based http server and it worked
perfectly (on port 80 and also on some other ports just to make sure)

Somewhere around 4 Nov 2005 03:46:12 -0800, while reading
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows, I think I thought I saw this post
from 3david@gmail.com:

>Hi,
>
>I used Apache 2.0.54 (official from www.apache.org) for about a month
>on
>my computer (WinXP SP2 + Avast antivirus), it worked flawlessly, last
>night
>I tried installing phpdev 4.23 (i wanted php+mysql and didn't want to
>install
>them all myself), and since then there's no response from the apache
>server,
>i go to "http://localhost" and the status bar just says "Waiting for
>localhost..."
>
>This is what I tried to do and got the exact same problem:
>- i tried reinstalling the previous version (using the same
>installation) i had before and now that doesn't work either
>- using different ports
>- install other versions of apache (2.0.55, 1.3.xx)
>- I tried using Reactor Server 1.3, and easyPHP 1.8, and UniServer 3.2a
>and 2.3,
>- installed the WinXP KB884020 patch:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>- i tried disabling the windows firewall
>- i closed avast antivirus
>
>Any ideas?
>
No, but I recently had a similar problem - same symptom. I tried installing
XAMPP (apache, php, mysql, ...). So, I got rid of everything of theirs,
renamed the folder just to make sure it didn't run, and downloaded Apache by
itself. Same problem. Installed on a 2nd computer, no problem (using
default XP firewall settings, with NAV running); so I started uninstalling
non-essential programs to see if that mattered. I uninstalled Google
desktop and internet download manager, rebooted, and all hell broke loose.
I no longer had any networking at all, and then the computer started popping
up a message saying it needed to shutdown in 1 minute, please save all work.

I ended up having to reinstall XP, and so far, Apache is working correctly;
the only thing I haven't reinstalled is Google desktop search, which I
didn't really use anyway.

So, I never figured out what the problem was, and it probably doesn't help
you. But at least you now know you are not alone. Well, actually, now that
I got it working, I guess you are. :)

--
Marty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
well, I have others." - Groucho Marx

On 4 Nov 2005 03:46:12 -0800, 3david@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I used Apache 2.0.54 (official from www.apache.org) for about a month
>on my computer (WinXP SP2 + Avast antivirus), it worked flawlessly,
>last night I tried installing phpdev 4.23 (i wanted php+mysql and
>didn't want to install them all myself), and since then there's no
>response from the apache server,
>i go to "http://localhost" and the status bar just says "Waiting for
>localhost..."
>
>This is what I tried to do and got the exact same problem:
>- i tried reinstalling the previous version (using the same
>installation) i had before and now that doesn't work either
>- using different ports
>- install other versions of apache (2.0.55, 1.3.xx)
>- I tried using Reactor Server 1.3, and easyPHP 1.8, and UniServer 3.2a
>and 2.3,
>- installed the WinXP KB884020 patch:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>- i tried disabling the windows firewall
>- i closed avast antivirus
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
> David E.
> 3david@gmail.com

Any messages in Apache errorlog or accesslog ?
Any message in XP eventlog ?
--
( Kees
)
c[_] The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries,
is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
(Isaac Asimov) (#169)

On 04 Nov 2005, Marty <this.address@is.invalid> wrote in
news:updnm11uj8p6rfk3d0n3dboodtalqkq940@4ax.com:

> Installed on a 2nd computer, no problem (using default XP firewall
> settings, with NAV running); so I started uninstalling
> non-essential programs to see if that mattered. I uninstalled
> Google desktop and internet download manager, rebooted, and all
> hell broke loose. I no longer had any networking at all, and then
> the computer started popping up a message saying it needed to
> shutdown in 1 minute, please save all work.

That sounds like a virus to me. I've forgotten the name, but there was
one, plus varients, that was rampant several months ago that seems to
me resurging lately. One of its major symptoms was that it shut down
the computer in this way.

Somewhere around Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:31:50 -0600, while reading
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows, I think I thought I saw this post
from Nil <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net>:

>On 04 Nov 2005, Marty <this.address@is.invalid> wrote in
>news:updnm11uj8p6rfk3d0n3dboodtalqkq940@4ax.com :
>
>> Installed on a 2nd computer, no problem (using default XP firewall
>> settings, with NAV running); so I started uninstalling
>> non-essential programs to see if that mattered. I uninstalled
>> Google desktop and internet download manager, rebooted, and all
>> hell broke loose. I no longer had any networking at all, and then
>> the computer started popping up a message saying it needed to
>> shutdown in 1 minute, please save all work.
>
>That sounds like a virus to me. I've forgotten the name, but there was
>one, plus varients, that was rampant several months ago that seems to
>me resurging lately. One of its major symptoms was that it shut down
>the computer in this way.

Yes, I know about that; and when searching for solutions, that was mostly
what I found. But the virus symptoms, although very similar, were a bit
different. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a virus, for a few reasons I won't
elaborate on.

But I ended up reinstalling the OS, and everything works now, so I'll never
know for sure what was wrong.

Thanks, though, for the reply.
--
Marty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
well, I have others." - Groucho Marx