The device or resource (localhost) is not set up to accept connections on port "The World Wide Web service (HTTP)".

Question

The device or resource (localhost) is not set up to accept connections on port "The World Wide Web service (HTTP)".

I have windows 7 , downloaded the iis platform from microsoft. I did it more than once. the bad news, it worked a few days ago .... today my inetpub/wwwroot is compeletly empty the service is running and in the firewall World Wide Web Services (HTTP) is allowed for private

Answer 1

Have you got port 80 open in the firewall? Make an exception for that port and see if that does the trick.