WampServer

Hello everyone,
I am trying to install WAMP on my desktop so that I can try running test PHP scripts on windows and also try Joomla package. I downloaded the setup and installed wamp..
But I am not able to access [localhost] . i searched online for solutions and thought IIS might be installed, but I cant find IIS in the add/remove programs nor the services..

When I click on TEST port 80 .. A window pops up saying that your port 80 is being used by and everything else is blank..

I can find a folder called Inetpub in c:\ .. Does it mean IIS is installed?

how do I access Localhost?

I am using Windows XP Professional



sriranga Chidambara

Hi,

It sounds as if IIS was installed at least at some stage. If it is still there, uninstall it from CP - Add or Remove Programs - Windows Components.

Run netstat -an at the command prompt to see if the TCP port 80 is listening. If it is, you may have some other software using it. If that is the case, run the command netstat -abo to find out more about which software uses port 80.

If you want to run several virtual servers, you can edit the virtual server configuration files in c:\wamp\Apache2\conf\extra. You can create a totally new file by adding the include statement to c:\wamp\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf, for example:

# virtual hosts
Include "conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"

For virtual servers you can add entries to your hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) in the format :

127.0.0.1 laptop_demo1.example.com
127.0.0.1 laptop_demo2.example.com

and you can then use URLs for testing:
- [laptop_demo1.example.com]
- [laptop_demo2.example.com]

Please note that the php.ini file which Joomla uses is in c:\wamp\Apache2\bin. If you run any PHP command line utilities, they use the php.ini file in c:\wamp\php.

Regards,



toivo
Sydney, Australia

From the post above, if you're still not sure how to uninstall iis, follows these step-by-step:

If using xp follows these steps:

1. Shut down wamp
2. Next, click Start / Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs
3. Then select Add/Remove Windows Components
4. In Windows Components Wizard, uncheck the box Internet Information Services (IIS)
5. Restart computer
6. Start wamp

If using Vista, do these:

1. Shut down wamp
2. Next, click Start / Control Panel / Uninstall Programs
3. Then select Turn Windows Features On or Off
4. In Turn Windows Features On or Off, uncheck the box Internet Information Services
5. Restart computer
6. Start wamp

If still have problem, make sure not to have any software/programs that use port 80 such as Skypes, any web server, or any internet optimizer, so on. Also make sure to enable port 80 in all firewalls and routers

It seems you're new to this wamp, so check my site for other setups


Have fun,

[www.jlbn.net] (Basic Guide for WAMP and Add-ons)

If you have Skype installed, quit it before you run localhost on WAMP5.
Skype interferes with it. You don't have to uninstall it.

Hope that helps.

I ran netstat command..This is what is shows :

proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP rng-comp1:1689 localhost:1110 close_wait

what do I do now?

PS: And IIS was already unchecked in Windows Services..



sriranga Chidambara