> -----Original Message----- > From: William Foster [mailto:willia...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:07 AM > To: users@httpd.apache.org; comp...@roadrunner.com > Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] Trouble installing on windows 7 > > 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.
This sounds like User Account Control - it appeared with Vista. You're going to get very familiar with it if you are maintaining a Windows system ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > 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 > <comp...@roadrunner.com> 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:willia...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:54 PM > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > Subject: [us...@httpd] 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-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
