Newbie in need of help

[ldavis]

Hey,
I am following the instuctions on http://www.expertsrt.com/tutorials/Matt/install-apache.html#ApacheSetupType   and well....when i tried to open up a web browser and make sure Apache is running using localhost:8080 i get nada...I suppose that my install is not right or something.

A few things:
1) I used a typical install and place the install on c:\apache2
2) i used localhost for Network Domain and Server Name
3) did not install it as a service

When I start Apache i get a blank command prompt window, which I take is normal.

Help?

kind regards
ldavis

[VGR]

port 8080 is not the standard one. I don't know where you took this ;-)

try http://localhost/ in your bropwser
you should receive "it works!"

come back with feedback, ôh mighty newbie ;-)

[ldavis]

VGR,
Again i was following the webpage instructions.  Here is the actual text:
If you did not install Apache as a service, follow the server name with :8080 (for example, if you are running the server as localhost, you would type localhost:8080.

I tried http:/localhost/ and did not receive the It Works response as I was expecting.

I get a 500 Internal Server Error.

I do have IIS runing on my Windows XP Media Edition (essentially Win XP)

Ideas?

Kind regards,

Ldavis

[ldavis]

Hey,
Nevermind....I figured it out myself.

Kind Regards
ldavis

[VGR]

cool, 'cause I would have been in dire pain helping you on IIS ;-)

[mishkad]

At C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

127.0.0.1   localhost

should be defined.