Fix for WAMP Server localhost NOT found error

On my first installation of WAMP server on Windows 8 machine I got this,"local host NOT found error". After a lot of brain wracking session I realized that the port number 80 was already in use by Microsoft's IIS. To fix this error either disable ISS service or else change the port number to which phpmyadmin page will listen. Open httpd.conf configuration file from wamp or else go to C://wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/httpd.conf file and open it with notepad. Edit the line "Listen 0.0.0.0:80" to listen to and unused port for instance "Listen 0.0.0.0:8088" and save it. Now go to the browser and type localhost:8088 and Bingo!! PhpMyAdmin page will show up as expected.

And if you're so hell bent on listen to port 80 only then go to Run and open services.msc. Scroll down to go to the bottom of the page and find World Wide Web Publishing Service. Right click on it to go to the properties and disable it on start-up. Restart all wamp services and Open up any browser to type localhost and land on phpmyadmin page.

Enjoy Web Development and build applications with ease and test it on your local machine first. Happy Coding !!!