Firefox localhost redirection solution

Posted by Erhan Abay in Tips, WindowsAug 28th, 2009 | No Comments

This applies to Windows 7 and Firefox 3.52. I don’t know it works on other versions.

If your Firefox redirects localhost to www.localhost.com and makes you crazy follow the steps:

  • Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and remove “#” from “127.0.0.1       localhost”. Don’t forget to open file with administrator rights otherwise you cannot save it. If  you can’t find the way, copy the file to desktop, edit and move to the original location.
  • Open network connection properties and disable IPv6network-properties

Windows 7 port 80 issue

Posted by Erhan Abay in Software, Tips, WindowsAug 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Bottom line comes first:

Don’t install any software if you don’t need it

If you wanna install Apache (or any other software which listens port 80 by default) on Windows 7 be sure those following services are stopped or not installed:

  • SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)
  • SQL Server Integration Services 10.0

Don’t forget to set “Startup type” setting to “Manual” or “Disabled”.sql-services