http://localhost does not show anything

[sivicako]

HELP!

I installed XAMPP 1.6.5 in my PC that is running in Win XP SP2. Message said installation was successful. I checked installation using Firefox 2.0.0.11 typing "http://localhost" but nothing appeared. Firefox status said "Done" but there is nothing in the screen, no images, no error messages ... just a white space. The XAMPP control panel shows that Apache and MySQL are both running.

Where did I go wrong?

[Izzy]

Can you please take a look at the apache error log for any clues:
xampp\apache\logs\error.log

Close all XAMPP modules and close the Control Panel and run:
xampp\xampp-portcheck.exe
and report that all ports that XAMPP requires exclusively are showing Free.

Have you made any configuration changes after installation?

Did you install correctly according to the instruction contained here?
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Have you read the FAQ in case there are any answers there?
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html

[sivicako]

Thanks Izzy!

I'm sure I had installed XAMPP correctly. I also stopped IIS but I cannot delete the associated folder with the message that an application is using it.

So I shut down MS SQL Server 2005 and uninstalled applications that are using MySQL or MS SQL Server. Still localhost did not show anything nor any error message came out.

I uninstalled then reinstalled XAMPP after removing some more applications that uses PHP/MySQL and cleaning my registry. XAMPP appears to be working now.

I haven't looked at xampp\apache\logs\error.log and did not run xampp\xampp-portcheck.exe yet but I will in case XAMPP does not work properly.

Again, THANKS!