hybrid kill3r Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I just recently installed Wamp when I decided that Xampp was too much of a hassle because of all the crashes. When I attempt to visit localhost in my browser, it loads infinitely. Just a white page, and it never finishes loading. No firefox errors come up, no internal server error pages, nothing. it just keeps loading nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Try to turn off your AntiVirus and/or Firewall. Which one do you use anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 I use norton. I tried disabling my firewall and nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I use norton. I tried disabling my firewall and nothing happened.Are you sure you disabled Norton's Firewall, and not just Windows' Firewall? Norton's Firewall is turned off from a separate place than the AntiVirus. In Notron's control panel, there should be "Worm protector" or "Firewall" or something similar (I don't remember anymore... I don't use NAV nowadays). THAT needs to be disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Yes, I disabled in from my task bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Yes, I disabled in from my task bar.The task bar only disables the AntiVirus AFAIK, not the Firewall. That's why I am asking you to check Notron's control panel. Right clicking on the task bar icon should give an option like "Open Norton AntiVirus" or something. Check it from there.(a screenshot of the Notron control panel would be nice... I have forgotten how it looks, an I Norton 2010 has changed a lot from what I know)Turn off all of Notron's features that could be related - "Intrusion Prevention", "Browser Protection", "Download Intelligence", "Insight Protection" (taken based on the Symantec's screenshot of NAV 2010). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 As far as my experience with Norton goes, it can be extremely annoying to try to get Norton to turn of its firewall. But maybe that's just me.I don't use an antivirus on my computer anymore because they're usually more trouble than they're worth and I don't do anything dangerous anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 I don't think it's my firewall. I have it installed on my portable hard drive and it still doesn't work on other computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhaslip Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 1. Start your Apache server2. start your Browser3. in your browser Address bar, type: http://localhost Report any errors or output to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I don't think it's my firewall. I have it installed on my portable hard drive and it still doesn't work on other computers.You mean if you install Apache on another computer without a Firewall, it doesn't work when you type from that other computer http://localhost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yes, that is correct. And to jhaslip, I don't get any errors when I visit localhost. I have apache and mysql started, but all the page does is constantly load. I even let my browser loading the page for half an hour and nothing worked at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yes, that is correct. And to jhaslip, I don't get any errors when I visit localhost. I have apache and mysql started, but all the page does is constantly load. I even let my browser loading the page for half an hour and nothing worked at all.This is just a guess, but... try another browser, ideally Opera or Safari. The idea is to use a browser that is not affected by add-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 I've tried that. No difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I suppose you have installed the services for apache, and mysql? i think you find you have to install these on every pc you wish to run wamp from portable drive.click wamp dial->mysql->services->install servicesclick wamp dial->apache->services->install services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 I am now back to using Xampp but I assume they work they same way. I just now installed apache and mysql as services but when it tries to start either services it says "Mysql service could not be started" or something like that. It does this for both services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 have you used 'Test Port 80' to see what is using this portApache -> Service -> 'Test Port 80'should inform you it is used by Apache version ### and PHP version #.## Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid kill3r Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Port 80 is not being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonesuk Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 i suppose you know about "Skype","IIS", issues, and you don't have these installed? or enabled.what colour is the dial? it should be white, without a black lock in middle.if not! it indicates that some other software is interfering with it.main culprits are IIS, Skype, Zone Alarm, NOD32, Eset, Internet Optimizer, Google Accelerator, any other web server or database server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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