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Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: April 08, 2011 10:20AM

I'd appreciate any help with the following. Please, bear in mind that I my knowledge of computers is quite basic. I've been using WampServer 2.0 to access my WordPress blog for several months without a glitch. Now, every time I try to access www.localhost/myblog I get the message: Oops! This link appears to be broken (Google Chrome 10). Should I reinstall WampServer and WordPress? What else can be done?

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: stevenmartin99 (---.251.255.12.threembb.ie)
Date: April 08, 2011 11:17AM

Try http:/ /127.0.0.1

Steven Martin
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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: April 08, 2011 12:21PM

HI Steven,

Thanks for replying. When I enter http:/ /127.0.0.1all I get is Google search results (?)

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: Th3Alchemist (193.137.231.---)
Date: April 08, 2011 12:39PM

Is the Wamp Icon green/orange/red ?

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: April 08, 2011 03:30PM

Th3Alchemist,

Thanks for your reply. My apologies, but it is sort of yellowish, certainly not red or green.

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: Shazellb (76.74.94.---)
Date: April 08, 2011 10:00PM

The best way to fix the problem is to left click on the icon, go to

Apache\services\testport

what ever service comes up in that window you go to the control panel\administrative tools\ services and disable it.

That will work.

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: April 08, 2011 10:47PM

Many thanks for your message, Shazellb. When I click on Test Port 80 I get the following message:

Your port 80 is actually used by:
Information not available <might be Skype>

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: May 11, 2011 11:24AM

Hi Guys,

Any idea how can I solve the problem? Thanks!

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: gart valenc (---.as43234.net)
Date: May 12, 2011 11:33AM

Well, it seems that Skype is the source of the problem. This is what I did:

1. Right-clicked the Skype icon in the system tray
2. Did go to the menu bar an clicked tools/options/advanced/connections
3. Kept 'Use port 28676 for incoming connections' and deselected 'Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections'

It seems it's done the trick. Will see.

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: vlpreddy (---.236.102.118.aircel.co.in)
Date: May 12, 2011 02:20PM

can we force the wamp to use another port because 2 digit ports are busy in our network.

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Re: Localhost is not working
Posted by: poddys (---.secure.draper.co.uk)
Date: May 13, 2011 11:53AM

gart valenc Wrote:
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> Well, it seems that Skype is the source of the
> problem. This is what I did:
>
> 1. Right-clicked the Skype icon in the system tray
>
> 2. Did go to the menu bar an clicked
> tools/options/advanced/connections
> 3. Kept 'Use port 28676 for incoming connections'
> and deselected 'Use port 80 and 443 as
> alternatives for incoming connections'
>
> It seems it's done the trick. Will see.

I had the same problem when I installed Apache on my PC.

I found that the installation worked if I closed Skype while Apache was being installed, and haven't had any problems since.

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