1) I'm super new to server stuff and I have no idea what I'm doing
2) I've read and re-read and re-read and followed every single step from these pages and nothing has solved my issue
https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=141428
https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48985&start=15
https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=137974
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/hosts-file-ignored-windows-7-64-bit-firefox/dcad50c8-4242-435b-a87b-26ecd2ff7d97
https://teamtreehouse.com/community/xampp-not-working-tried-hundreds-of-fixes-but-localhost-still-wont-run
From google searching I'm pretty sure the problem has to do with the fact that when I pinglocal host it logs
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Reply from ::1
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Reply from 127.0.0.1
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127.0.0.1 localhost
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::1 localhost
While following step to try to solve my problem I renamed my hosts file to old_hosts_file, and made a new file that just reads
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127.0.0.1 localhost
old_hosts_file looks like this
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# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 www.altavista.com
altavista pinged to 127.0.0.1 but localhost still pinged to ::1.