Localhost not working

Hi lads,
New here. The name is Dave.

I'm hoping someone can help me out.
When I try to view http://localhost , i get nothing . Page not found.

I have WAMP server installed. I just can't seem to figure out whats wrong. I've restarted all the services in WAMP and everything but still, nothing.

Need this working soon for college assignments.
All help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

Open C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\host what does it say?

Hi mate,

"Windows cant find..... check the spelling and try again" is what comes up.
What does that tell us ? Any more ideas ?

Thanks again,
Dave

I forgot "s" at the end of host... C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Hi Schaft.
I used WAMP on an XP machine only this week, so i am sure that I am trying to access it the right way. Also, I already tried 127.0.0.1 and I got the same error.

Thanks,
Dave

logicearth said:

I forgot "s" at the end of host... C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

It asks me what program I would like to use to open the file ?
Any ideas ? What should i chose ?

Thanks,
Dave

TheSchaft said:

"hosts" is a text file, so you should be able to open it with notepad.

Thanks for that :)

hosts.text file said:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

That is all the file has ^^

I can only assume thats bad news. Any ideas how to sort that one out ?

Thanks,
Dave