I have Apache installed under Vista. Today I notices that web browser does not open URLs http://localhost/.... , but only http://127.0.0.1/... I commented the last string of hosts file so that it now looks like this and everything works perfectly now: # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. #

I tryed to install the service heres what I did C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\binhttpd -k install Installing the Apache2.2 service (OS 5)Access is denied. : Failed to open the WinNT service manager Any suggestions? --

Hi After reading http://technet.microsoft.com/da-dk/magazine/cc138019(en-us).aspx, i want to try the recommandation to use "Require trusted path for credential entry" when evaluate to administrator. After activating this settings, i selected windows update and chose "run as administrator", then a dialog came and I pressed ctrl+alt+del to access the "secure desktop". The screen change...

ok i have windows vista home premium and i want to open a port for Utorrent because it says that the port it is trying to use is blocked ive tried useing different ports so i gave up on trying to find an open one so how do you open a port? my E-mail is so please E-mail me ur answers or post them here lol -- Neobreaker

hi...i have install windows vista home on toshiba laptop. in my laptop there is one user only me..administrator in my system there is only one drive C. by mistake i set all permission for C drive for administrator means for me to set deny. so now i can't access my C drive..it say that access is denied. i can only use and see desktop now nothing else. and access denied most of the services.. so...

I just received my laptop from home and someone found it funny to change my password now i cannot access anything. I turn the power on and it immeditely prompts me for a password in order to access the desktop. how can i reset the password that has been changed so i can use my laptop.

Basically put my young daughter changed the Admin password and forgot it "just to get past the stupid change password prompt". Now I cannot login as Admin. Needless to say this brings about several others issues updates etc. Is there any way to have the password reset or I can login with another ID and change the Admin password? We can login to other users just not the Admin. Thanks...

this is crazy! it was working a few days ago and Im not sure what happened. All I want to do is to restore thumbnails for pdf files with adobe reader 9 in windows explorer. after installing - uninstalling and fiddling with reader 9, I have come to the conclusion that the problem arises from some administrative privileges on the registry. I however am administrator, I try to register...

i know really dumb to say but i would like the icon there...have gone to firewall...change the way security center notifies me...have tried don't notify me but display icon...yes notify me and display the icon...but no icon appears...have also gone to the windows firewall settings dialouge box and have checked the box notify me when firewall blocks a new program...but still no...

I installed Vista and encrypted OS-Partition and an additional Data Partition with bitlocker. After this my OS Partition goes corrupted with bluescreens etc. I tryed to repair something but without success. Unfortunately my partition information seems also lost during my trying to solve the problem. This means everytime when I try to boot with installation DVD ant type in "diskpart: list...

Every time I want to use a certain program that I use all the time (book-writing software; I'm a writer), I get the message that an unidentified program wants access to my computer. I tell it to allow the program access: that I trust the program because I know where it's from or I've used it before. I don't mind answering this once, for a program installed on my computer. I wouldn't mind...

I am trying to move files around on my Vista Home Premium 32 bit system. I have been unable to rename, move or delete a specific folder. I have been able to move all of the contents of the folder to a new folder except a file that is called .fsLockFile. I am not sure how it got there or where it came from but at this point, my conclusion is that file is the reason I have been unable to do...

The List Keeper wrote aka Paul Montgomery: LOL, the List Keeper is Paul Montgumdrop aka Paul Montgomery. He has got to come with the List Keeper, because I took his name sort of speaking. :-P This all started when he said he was going to killfile me. He was just meddling none of his business and running his mouth, as usual. And I proved to him that his little killfile didn't mean jack. Then...

Error Message: The maximum number of secrets that may be stored in a single system has been exceeded. The length and number of secrets is limited to satisfy United States State Department export restrictions. User Action: This Windows 2000 Executive STATUS message is a warning. Choose one of the options from the message box and then contact your system

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I apoligize if this question has been asked, but I didn't see it when I searched the forum and elsewhere on the web. I have a laptop that I have been considering Whole Drive Encryption on for a while. The options that I am aware of are PGP Whole Drive Encryption, TrueCrypt, and BitLocker. I have Vista Ultimate and BitLocker is one of the big reasons I got

Im using a laptop with Vista (Business) and IIS 7 for development associating multiple hosts with the same (local 127.0.0.01) IP address Currently I edit the hosts file manually to perform the equivalent of a wildcard DNS entry As far as I know the local HOSTS file does not support the inclusion of a single record DNS wildcard A record

Im running Vista Business plus SP1. When I turn the windows firewall on, all my access to the internet (eg. email and IE) is blocked. How can this be fixed or how can I allow these programs to communicate through the firewall? Many thanks, Johannes van Vuren, Cambridge, UK

Hello, am I right in saying windows defender can back up your files, at the moment I have the norton control for backup files as "off", do I need both of them for this purpose or will they conflict?? -- andy t

I've been trying to use ISS, and discovered that when I try to browse to localhost, or try to browse my wwwroot sites from inside IIS, I get the error message below. I also found that Dreamweaver isn't able to access the websites inside the wwwroot directory. Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated. I have already tried deleting IIS, rebooting, and then reinstalling it, but...