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Hello all,

I am using a laptop running Windows XP SP2. I installed XAMPP version 1.6.1 then
try pointing to http://localhost/ in my web browser but the result was a page not found.

I try pinging localhost in command prompt and the result was 100% success.
I disable windows firewall, anit-spyware software and anti-virus software but still can not solve the problem.

Are there anything else I need to check in order to make XAMP work on my laptop?

Any reply would be appreciated.

try 127.0.0.1...

Same problem here... Running XP Pro SP2.

ping to localhost and 127.0.0.1 both work fine, but can't access either using http://localhost etc. It brings up a "username and password" box and none of the data in the readme file works. If I try entering any of the names/pwds I get:
error '8002801c'

Error accessing the OLE registry.

/iisHelp/common/500-100.asp, line 17


Edit - Please ignore post. A reboot got it all working! Typical...