can't contact web server

[tkyap]

Dear All
i been install personal web server.

when i create a new file in microsoft interdev, it need to specify the web server name, so i key in the 'localhost', but the system complain "can't contact http:\\localhost",
what is the problem.

 

[JohnYingling]

Do you have
C:\Windows\hosts file (no extension

# Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP stack for Windows98
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

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