Izzy wrote:You could try adding this:
Win32DisableAcceptExto the end of your
xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf file if it is not there already, save it and then restart Apache.
Always make a backup of your conf files before editing in case you make a typo.
Also check your apache log files as there may be a clue there.
xampp\apache\logs\error.logI now understand these are added by my spyware program to redirect calls from my m/c to "bad" sites back to 127.0.0.1?
This redirect to 127.0.0.1 I am not sure about as localhost is 127.0.0.1 and you are having issues with localhost.
Maybe try and cut those out of the hosts file and try loading localhost again.
You can always paste them back in again if it makes no difference.
BTW the
127.0.0.1 localhost line in the
hosts file may be better if it was the first line.
Hi Izzy,
Thank you for the reply...
I did as you suggested and included the stop for AcceptEx, I am also exiting the Control panel module which I see is also recommended by some - no difference i'm afraid. Localhost still not connecting and the cpu usage jumps to near 100% whilst it it trying!
Here is the the log entry:
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:36 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:36 2007] [notice] Server built: Mar 5 2007 11:23:00
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:36 2007] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2996
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:36 2007] [notice] Disabled use of AcceptEx() WinSock2 API
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:37 2007] [notice] Child 2996: Child process is running
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:37 2007] [notice] Child 2996: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:37 2007] [notice] Child 2996: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:37 2007] [notice] Child 2996: Listening on port 443.
[Fri Aug 17 10:34:37 2007] [notice] Child 2996: Listening on port 80.
and i did make sure the "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry is the first line in the "hosts" file.
It just seems like I am going round in circles on this one