http://localhost is not available without Internet connection

Installed IIS on w2k pro, started Personal Web server and pointed the home
catalogue to the folder with my asp codes. However IE keeps saying that
http://localhost is not available without Internet connection. Such thing
often happend on other computers, but after several refresh it worked. How
shall I get rounf this now?

Mar 21 '08 #1

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Jon Paal [MSMD]

this sounds like an old problem.

--google the exact error message and I suspect you will find the answer.

--also post this to the IIS folks as they might know offhand...

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Mar 22 '08 #2

Anthony Jones

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Installed IIS on w2k pro, started Personal Web server and pointed the home
catalogue to the folder with my asp codes. However IE keeps saying that
http://localhost is not available without Internet connection. Such thing
often happend on other computers, but after several refresh it worked. How
shall I get rounf this now?

Why would you start PWS on a machine on which you've installed IIS?

A dim and distance memory tells me you may be able to install a loopback
adapter and that'll help.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Mar 22 '08 #3

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