I right clicked on the port checker and I still get a run time error and then window vista shuts down the program. I am checking with MS Tech Application compatiblity forum to see what they say about this issue and another that seems to have creeped up. But for now I have mySQL and Apache running.
My latest issue is that when I try to use my login page to login, ntdll.dll faults and shuts down fast CGI. I don't know why?
The exact error:
Faulting application php-cgi.exe, version 5.2.5.5, time stamp 0x4733dfaa, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bdc9, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00061884, process id 0xc00, application start time 0x01c85fcb9ded32a6.
The above tells me the flaw lies in the ntdll.dll module but little else. Hopefully MS Tech can help.
The same applies equally to Vista, an OS designed for protecting absolute computer/Internet beginners, but once you learn to master it, you will have a rewarding and satisfying experience.
(The links and text in this post are meant only as an example and as a seed for your own research and investigation and they come with my best wishes and good intent).
I really hated up grading from win2k to Vista. I really had win2k figured out. Now I will have to start from scratch with Vista.
Currently I can't develop anything on my machine. My Dreamweaver is down. Right now I can only view files directly from htdocs as localhost.
G:/xampp/htdocs =
http://localhost/If I try to view files that are in a subfolder of htdocs then Vista acts like I am trying to download a file.
http://localhost/myFolder/ = G:/xampp/htdocs/myFolder/index.php is treated as unknown and vista wants to download it. If I choose to open the file then Vista runs a loop and hands me the option of downloading the file or opening it again through IE 6.
I can view the files that I can't open in Dreamweaver 8 using Rapid PHP editor and viewer so I know my installation of Xampp is working.
Now I can view the end result of my code; I just can't seem to run them. In this case I can't use the login page. When I hit the enter button on my login page I get the error I showed you above.
.\xampp\readme_en.txt file quote:
Step 5: XAMPP UNINSTALL? Simply remove the "xampp" Directory.
But before please shutdown the apache and mysql.
I tried to install 1.6.5 over 1.6.2 without shutting down mysql and apache. That is where my errors creeped in. Didn't realize how to resolve the problem until after I had removed and reinstalled Xampp 1.6.5
Anyway I appreciate your time and interest. Hopefully I can get something working so that I can start developing again soon. Right now the best I can do is post to my server out on the net and test them that way. Very time consuming and tedious.
Thank You
Kevin Raleigh