http://localhost/ is not available

[Jan83]

Hey Apache Friends,

I feel like I'm part of a 90's kids show every time I say that in my head.

I have downloaded xampp-win32-5.6.11-0-VC11-installer
I have Windows 8.1 Single Language (Also sure to be up to date)
XAMPP is in C:\xampp\
I run the XAMPP Control Panel as a Adminstrator
I installed Apache, MySQL, and FileZilla as a Windows Service from the XAMPP Control Panel
I pressed start for Apache and MySQL and the both are running.

The problem is: http://localhost/ is not available AND http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ is not available
Neither is 127.0.0.1 or my IP 192.168.1.100
I have a Huawei running on 192.168.1.1

[Sat Aug 08 10:31:12.646044 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 4780:tid 476] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name

This the only warning I get. The rest is just normal notifications.

[Sat Aug 08 10:31:13.646094 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 4780:tid 476] AH00455: Apache/2.4.12 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1m PHP/5.6.11 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Aug 08 10:31:13.646094 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 4780:tid 476] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Mar 20 2015 12:12:41
[Sat Aug 08 10:31:13.646094 2015] [core:notice] [pid 4780:tid 476] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/xampp/apache'
[Sat Aug 08 10:31:15.083677 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 4780:tid 476] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 4312

10:56:50 [main] Initializing Control Panel
10:56:50 [main] Windows Version: Windows 8 64-bit
10:56:50 [main] XAMPP Version: 5.6.11
10:56:50 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
10:56:50 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
10:56:50 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
10:56:50 [main] Checking for prerequisites
10:56:50 [main] All prerequisites found
10:56:50 [main] Initializing Modules
10:56:50 [mysql] XAMPP MySQL Service is already running on port 3306
10:56:50 [main] Starting Check-Timer
10:56:50 [main] Control Panel Ready
10:56:56 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache service...
10:57:00 [Apache] Status change detected: running
13:12:03 [main] Executing "services.msc"

Nothing else to report.

Any help is welcome. I'm a XAMPP virgin so please be gentle.

P.S. I don't know how to upload an image here. Any help in this regard could save us a bunch of time.

P.P.S. Let me know if you need any more info.

[Nobbie]

The problem is: http://localhost/ is not available AND http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ is not available
Neither is 127.0.0.1 or my IP 192.168.1.100
I have a Huawei running on 192.168.1.1

This sounds very strange, because "Huawei" cannot run Xampp and "localhost" only works on the Xampp PC itself. Did you try "localhost" on the Xampp PC?

[Jan83]

Sorry Nobbie, I am trying t run it from the xampp pc.

I just put the info in there incase it had any relevance.

[Nobbie]

Please specify more exactly what happens, when you enter http://127.0.0.1 in the browser.

Also try to enter http://::1 instead and tell us (exactly again), what is happening.

P.S.: Who is meant by "us" (" could save us a bunch of time.")? If you are working in an office, maybe you have a firewall which catches all requests to/from port 80?

[Jan83]

Maybe just me in that us.

http://127.0.0.1 in the browser showed not available.
My Windows started freaking out in all ways soon afterwards, so I just reset the thing and now everything is working, including xampp.

Guess somewhere along the way me or someone else messed with the system in the wrong way.