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I installed wamp 2.4 in my system. But it is not loading localhost. It keeps loading and loading in firefox. In apache errors log, i found the following error [Sat Nov 30 20:11:44.232540 2013] [mpm_winnt:error] [pid 2592:tid 1508] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00332: winnt_accept: getsockname error on listening socket, is IPv6 available?

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Finally solved the problem.

If you ever get the following error while executing:

netsh winsock reset

The following helper DLL cannot be loaded: WSHELPER.DLL
The following command was not found: winsock reset

It means that your PC is badly attacked by trojans. Scan full system with an antivirus to confirm. Removing virus is the only way to solve this issue.

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Quoting from Wampserver forum

Try editing your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (make sure to create a backup)

It should contain only one reference to "localhost"

and that should read

127.0.0.1 localhost

if you see a line like this ::1 localhost

comment it out like so
#::1 localhost

Reboot.

Start wamp and try again.

Also look at this question ..
Apache winnt_accept: getsockname error

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Amitd
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  • Did as you said, but still localhost is loading and loading –  Nov 30 '13 at 15:28
  • do you any errors in log file? Also make sure you don't have IIS running on the same server..it uses port 80 too – Amitd Dec 01 '13 at 05:02
  • I am having only this error in apache error log, which keeps repeating while attempting to browse localhost. I checked if the port is used by others in command port, but it is only used by wamp. The fact is that this error came first when i reinstalled wamp. My first installation was working fine. [Sat Nov 30 20:11:44.232540 2013] [mpm_winnt:error] [pid 2592:tid 1508] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00332: winnt_accept: getsockname error on listening socket, is IPv6 available?` –  Dec 01 '13 at 05:08
  • i googled around for the error but found the same..did you try the solution in the linked answer also? – Amitd Dec 01 '13 at 09:24
  • Yes, but when i try to execute `netsh winsock reset` in command prompt, it is showing error like Could not load WSHELPER.DLL –  Dec 01 '13 at 11:51
  • did you run the command prompt as admin? and try the command? – Amitd Dec 01 '13 at 18:52
  • Also you can try changing the default apache port from wamp..change it to something like 8081 and try to restart wamp. check this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8574332/how-to-change-port-number-for-apache-in-wamp .. also you can download and run this fix http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9662461 – Amitd Dec 01 '13 at 18:56
  • Yes i run it as administrator. –  Dec 03 '13 at 12:03
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Try to close other servers working like teamviewer for example.

I have also read that sometimes even skype make conflict with wamp.

So try again but before you open wamp close every other app using internet and is loading when windows starting.

Probably an app listening to the same port with your server.

Or you can try to change the port (from 80 change it to 8080 or something else) but then remember to load localhost : 8080/

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  • I'm not using IIS,skype...but i changed port to 8383 and 8080, but still the loading continues –  Dec 03 '13 at 12:04