It may not be a problem but you probably should be using jdk 1.3.
It is good that you are using NT 4.0. Using 'localhost' should work, but you can also use the hostname for your machine.
From the information, it sounds like the server failed to start. Your previous postings indicate that Tomcat is having classpath problems. It is diffucult to explain classpath. You struggle with it in beginning and then later wonder why you did not 'get it' sooner.
Try using bat files below--modify to fit your directory structure. I recall having problems if I did not start tomcat from its root directory like in bat file below:
"call bin/startup"
When your server is successfully running, you will see another cmd.exe window which is the server's.
Hope this helps. Sorry I can't be more help. Keep at it.
pfist
myStart.bat ----------------------
@echo off
call addjdk13
set TOMCAT_HOME=d:\tomcat4
pushd d:\tomcat4
call bin\startup
popd
addjdk13.bat --------------------------
@echo off
set JDK=.;c:\jdk1.3.101\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\jdk1.3.101\lib\tools.jar
set JDK_BIN=c:\jdk1.3.101\bin
set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.3.101
if defined PATH set PATH=%PATH:;c:\jdk1.3.101\bin=%
set PATH=%path%;%JDK_BIN%
if defined CLASSPATH set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH:.;c:\jdk1.3.101\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\jdk1.3.101\lib\tools.jar=%
set CLASSPATH=%JDK%%CLASSPATH%
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