Hello, I figured it out, the issue was that Windows 7 firewall was blocking port 80 by default. I added a rule to allow port 80 and now it works correctly. Thanks. -William On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:07 PM, William Foster <williamkf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Wes, > > Well it was a free copy, so no money to Microsoft on this one. > > I figured out the issue. There was a hidden dialog underneath the > install shield dialog asking if I wanted to grant permission. Once I > discovered that and granted permission it installed fine. > > Now I'm facing another issue. I can get to localhost:80 but when I > try to access from another computer inside the router, it does not > work. I wonder if port 80 is being blocked by default in Windows 7? > > Thanks. > > -William > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Wesley Stupar <compaps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi William, >> >> Sorry to say, I cannot help on this one. But for what little solace it >> is, I believe that Windows 7 is a sham and an affront to the user >> community. It is simply an attempt to gather more money into the >> Microsoft coffers. Have you considered Linux? >> >> Wes Stupar >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William Foster [mailto:williamkf@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:54 PM >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Trouble installing on windows 7 >> >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to install Apache HTTP Server v2.2.14 on a machine >> recently upgraded to Windows 7. Apache worked fine under Windows XP, >> but when I go to install this in Windows 7, the install script appears >> to hang. In the install wizard dialog it states: >> >> Installing Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 >> The program features you selected are being installed. >> >> Please wait while the Installation Wizard installs Apache HTTP >> Server 2.2.14. This may take several minutes. >> >> Status: >> >> <progress bar with thin sliver at left edge that makes no progress> >> >> I tried with and without openSSL support, both fail the same way. >> >> Is this install script known to work on Windows 7? If so, how do I >> debug what is going wrong? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -William >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >> Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx