XP Pro and IIS going to http://localhost

[Guest]

I've installed the WWW Service on XP Pro. It appears to be running but when
I point the browser at http://localhost it never loads a web page.

This is XP Pro with SP2

Things I've checked:

o IIS is setup for anonymous access
o The anonymous account was installed and is not disabled
o The IIS MMC snap-in shows the web service is running for the default
website. However there is nothing in the "Status" field.
o I run Adsgone Pop-Up blocker and I've tried disabling that.
o The Windows Firewall is disabled
o I run McAfee Security Center and I've tried disabling their personal
firewall and privacy service
o I tried to check the WWW Services log file in
C:\windows\system32\logfiles but it appears the log file isn't even being
created.
o I've checked both the system and application event logs but there doesn't
appear to be any relavent messages being logged.
o I've also tried accessing the computer running the WWW service with
another computer on the network, by name and by IP address, with the same
result.
o Run a netstat -a command from the command prompt and I have active
listening ports for HTTP and HTTPS
o Opened up HTTP and HTTPS in both the Windows Firewall and the McAfee
Personal Firewalls. Did this just in case they weren't completely stopped.


I'm really stumped by this. It just doesn't work but there doesn't seem to
be much to indicate what the problem could be.

Art..

 

[Scott M.]

What does happen when you try localhost?

There really shouldn't be anything to do to at least get localhost running
after an IIS install. I would try uninstalling IIS and re-installing.
Also, you don't need to get involved with installing/activating services as
the installation of IIS will take care of that for you.

 

[Guest]

Scott,

In message area in the lower left of the browser window shows "Web site
found. Waiting for reply...". Eventually, it times out.

Art...

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I've installed the WWW Service on XP Pro. It appears to be running but when
I point the browser at http://localhost it never loads a web page.

This is XP Pro with SP2

Things I've checked:

o I run McAfee Security Center and I've tried disabling their personal
firewall and privacy service

Art,

uninstall the McAfee program entirely.

Then follow the other advice given in
http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm. Pretend that the web server
is on another computer. The solutions are probably the same.

Hans-Georg