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Umar Ali Choudhry
Umar Ali Choudhry

Reputation: 63

apache, localhost not working in windows 7

i'm having trouble accessing my localhost: it wont seem to load! chrome says "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost" and then some suggestions and firefox gives a timeout error. As if they are looking for localhost over the internet. i have also tried 127.0.0.1 with the same result. I have Apache installed and earlier i would get a 404 error. i got rid of that by disabling SQL reporting services (i have MS SQL installed aswell). If i do "Wamp icon>>Apache>>Services>>Test port 80" it says:

"Your port 80 is not actually used"

i have also made sure that

127.0.0.1 localhost

is in the "host" file.

I have been trying to figure out the problem since the past 3 days but havnt been able to find an answer.

I would appreciate if anyone can help. Thank you.

OS: Windows 7 ultimate x64

Upvotes: 6

Views: 28471

Answers (5)

Tabish
Tabish

Reputation: 1702

This issue is due to not given the access on your firewall to apache.

Do the following step:

  • left click on Wamp tray icon.
  • Click on Apache folder
  • Then go to Service Then Click on install service.
  • then a command prompt will open and ask you to click any key to continue.
  • Press any key and then a firewall popup will open, give access to them.

enjoy.

Upvotes: 1

Arpan Buch
Arpan Buch

Reputation: 1400

I had the same issue in my windows 7 home basic.

Maybe you could solve by this:

1)Your port 80 is mostly blocked by Microsoft iis server. so if iis is using port 80 than apache wont be able to use the port.

2) So, change the listening port of apache. apache has a file name httpd.conf.Open the file in a text editor and there will be port 80 already written, change the port to 8080 (mostly people use 8080).

3)So now your Apache runs on different port.

4) Restart apache services or restart your wamp server.

5)now Open your local host by, http://localhost:8080

6)you will see your localhost page.

Hope it solved your problem.

Upvotes: 7

Marko
Marko

Reputation: 31

If you have Skype running, close it.

Upvotes: 3

Ayub
Ayub

Reputation: 875

Try to make sure a program isn't using port 80 - If you have skype or related programs running, check them. Maybe boot into windows in safe mode and try running WAMP - if it works you know something is using port 80.

Upvotes: 0

Quadri
Quadri

Reputation: 1

Go to your windows folder from C:, navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc look for Host (Note: because this is windows 7, u won't be aalows to modify the host file=====> Open a notepad as administrator, from file ---Open--- navigate here-->C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, open host) scroll down the page, and make sure the local host is having this IP ---> 127.0.0.1 in front of it

Upvotes: 0

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