Localhost = blank page, cant connect

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Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby benjay » 24. April 2012 21:40

Hi,
I have been running xampp lite 1.7.3 on my win 7 machine without problems. Then I didn´t use it for a while. In this time I had a virus infection which affected registry files - repaired -, changed several local services (deactivated them), updated firefox and some more changes. Now xampp is running, no problem, but I cant connect to localhost / 127.0.0.1. I have no idea what change affected xampp.
Port 80 is free, no Skype, no firewall, no antivirus, checked the host file.
No Browser problem - checked with FF and Chrome with the same result. Installed easyphp but the same problem - cant connect to localhost, the page keeps just loading, no error message.
Anyone an idea where to look next? Have read all threads but no result so far...
Thanks
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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby JonB » 27. April 2012 18:03

Might be your firewall.

Good Luck
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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby Ivo Katrafilov » 29. April 2012 10:31

Hi,

I have the same problem with 1.7.7 xampp installer. I changed the port 80 to 1234 and Apache appears to be Running. My firewall is OFF.


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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby JonB » 29. April 2012 13:08

Can you ping localhost and 127.0.0.1? What are the results?
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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby meadwench » 16. October 2012 20:47

I know this is an older post, but I'm having the same issue. I have Apache listening at 8000 and 4433 because I have Skype, and am getting a blank page for both localhost and 127.0.0.1. I can ping both of these. I've checked my virus protection and it is allowing the apache server out. Any other ideas?

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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby JonB » 17. October 2012 22:23

what's the output in the Control Panel when you start up?

also - what are the exact URLs you are using trying to connect?
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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby Caleb » 02. April 2013 12:33

Hi,
this is simple. If you have changed the default port(80) to e.g 81, all you need to access your default localhost page is:
http://localhost:81/
That will be in addition to any other changes like commenting out ssl if you needed to.
That was simple right?
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Re: Localhost = blank page, cant connect

Postby Micheleg39 » 06. November 2014 11:32

Hello All

I was having the same problem

I simply changed a few details and it is working using the link below

http://w3guy.com/fix-xampp-error-apache-shutdown-unexpectedly

hope this helps
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