I have Window XP-pro, SP2, all updates. I disabled the firewall. I've tried twice installing, then uninstalling with installer, then I tried the manual install. Everything appears to install and start correctly, no errors, log looks OK, configuration has all the right paths. I didn't change anything. Oh, and I don't have IIS or any other servers. The portcheck reports what I expect, all ports either free or assigned to XAMPP programs.
But I cannot ever get either firefox or MSIE to connect to localhost (or http://127.0.0.1/). My hosts file does have the entry localhost 127.0.0.1
Added: I get no error trying to connect, just an infinite timeout, saying "Waiting for localhost..." or "Waiting for 127.0.0.1...".
I'm about to give up and try something else, but I really want to get this one to work. I'm pretty good with computers, but not web servers, and this is getting me down.
I've read the FAQs, and searched Google, with no help.
Can anyone help? Please?
Thanks,
Marty Fried
left coast, USA