Firefox and IE 7 are installed. I use MS Virtual PC for testing website in IE6 it works oon live site but I use XAMPP to render PHP files but h.ttp://localhost is not working Virtually running XP with IE6.
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Make sure that the IIS is on. If you're using Apache, make sure IIS is OFF.
Michael Todd
2009-06-02 03:35:55
I'm on virtually running XP. no IIS is there
metal-gear-solid
2009-06-02 03:41:01
So, just to clarify, you're running the web site on a server, then on that server you've got a Virtual PC box. It's inside this box that you're not able to run localhost from the browser? If so, find the name of the server and use that instead, i.e. http://servername/.
Michael Todd
2009-06-02 13:05:28
my server name is localhost and http://localhost is not working in Virtual box
metal-gear-solid
2009-06-04 03:43:11
A:
I had this same problem - I personally gave up and used Wamp - which worked fine. Know it's not the most helpful answer...
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just a thought - have you tried 127.0.0.1?
I ask since some XP updates caused the loopback address to stop working for a while. If you've just installed a fresh XP perhaps the updates that fixed that haven't been applied yet.
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A:
You have a XAMPP server running on your development machine, that you can access natively from http://localhost right?
The copy of Windows XP running inside Virtual PC is a completely separate machine. On this machine, localhost refers to the virtual machine, rather than your development machine.
You need to connect over the network to the development machine. If the IP address of your development machine is 123.123.123.123, you should be able to connect to it using http://123.123.123.123
BlackAura
2009-06-04 17:08:31
wow , very much thanks it's working now. Now i can test my Wordpress theme on IE6 using Xampp and Virtual machine.
metal-gear-solid
2009-06-05 10:11:23