Can browse my site using http://127.0.0.1, http://<machine_IP_address> but cannot browse the same site using http://localhost

Yesterday our Product Manager faced a strange problem on his Windows 7 box. He created a site (which was a PHP application) but was not able to browse the site using http://localhost . He was getting HTTP status code 503 (Service not available). When Read More...

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Published 08-20-2010 2:03 AM by The Official Microsoft IIS Site
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