"Waiting for localhost..." problem

[rahuldaxini]

hello
whenever i click admin or type localhost/phpmyadmin in browser
its keeps on waiting for localhost and does not open
i re installed the software didnt work as well
re installed browser didnt work as well
i did everything i could

now i need expert opinion

1.8.0
win 7
browser firefox

[JonB]

A. Does Apache show the 'green light' (running) in the Control Panel?

B. When you open http://localhost - do you get the XAMPP welcome page?

C. Please post the 'last part' of the Apache error log - \xampp\apache\logs\error_log.txt


Good Luck