configuring apache 2 on windows 2000

[goatlip]

ok, I've been trying to install Apache 2.0.47 on windows 2000 pro for the past three days. I've looked through a bunch of sites trying to figure out what is wrong and I've checked and double checked everything.

The service is running, i can stop and start it through the monitor, it shows up in services as started, error logs contain no errors, test configuration show syntax is ok, httpd.conf is set up correctly.

problem: when I input http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 it just sits there and finally

I've tried changing port numbers 80,81, 8080, etc...nothing
I've tried it in Inernet Explorer and Netscape...nothing
I've uninstalled, reinstalled, redownloaded, fresh install Apache...nothing
I've tried changing the directory...nothing
I've tried telneting...nothing

I can ping the localhost, IIS is not installed on this computer so there shouldn't be port conflicts, everything seems fine.

I'm just wanting this to test php, mySQL, by the way. no worries about security.

any other suggestions??

[SplitCo]

Well when I installed apache, php and mysql here on my pc I used a tutorial I found on a site. I noticed when I did it that it refers to some older versions but just use the current ones.

Heres the link to the tutorial hope it helps.