Nope, I never did solve this. The only thing I've discovered, which I'm not sure if I posted here is that I only have the problem when my internet connection is live. If I pull the cable to my broadband (or turn off my wireless card), then LOCALHOST works just fine!


>Barbara,
>It looks like you were in a similar boat as me.
>I installed IIS on a clients computer (XP Pro SP2). When I type 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' in the addy bar of the IE the localhost/index.asp page does not load. The client does not have XP firewall turned on but he has MacAfee (It doesn't work if I disable MacAfee either). The PC is brand new preinstalled from Dell and there is nothing really installed on the computer. I have tried to ping both localhost and 127.0.0.1 and they both work.
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>I see that for you `17.0.0.1 works but localhost doesn't work (that is why I said you were in a similar boat and not the same boat). Did you figure out anything more about this issue since November?
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>Einar
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