Apache services satarted but localhost yields page cannot be displayed

[elemental]

Ok. SO I've got Apache 2.0.47 on Winxp Home. Downloaded the msi file and it installs fine. The monitor says that all services are running. But when I go to

http://localhost

I get page cannot be displayed.
For the config stuff at the time of install I put localhost for name, localhost for server and my email for admin. I've got Coldfusion running asa standalone server and mysql 4.013. It all works fine on the desktop but for some reason on the laptop........CF works mysql works and apache seems to but can't get default page to load.
Help please if you can!
thanks
Elemental

 

[elemental]

Guys?

 

[gchen]

do you know if apache is running?

 

[elemental]

Yep it is. I fixed the prob. Thanks though!

 

[MarkMcD]

I'm having the exact same problem that you described above. How did you fix it??

 

[tonyoracle]

I have the same question, Could you help us too.

 

[MarkMcD]

I went back to Apache 1.?.? (the current stable version) and it works! So... on my Toshiba Laptop with WinXPHome I've got Apache, PHP and mySQL all working great.

I'd still like to get Apache 2 working though.

 

[MorpheusNL]

Have you tried using your 'domain-name' or 'ip-address'

 

[ursamajortiger]

I had the same problem under win2k but it's resolved now and v2 is running like a champ. Check your server root and document root. As I recall, I fixed it by not using 'localhost' as the ServerName. Use your workstation name (including port number - i.e. somename:80) or IP address with port number instead. Also, even tho you're running a windows machine, Apache still prefers forward slashes or whacks '/' instead of the more conventional backslashes on such machines.