i have had apache working before and i know my way around the program and configuration, etc. i recently reformatted my hard drive so i had to start over at square one. anyways, i installed the new apache microsoft *.msi installer on my windows box. it should work on default values because i am using it only for local testing and my network does not use any sort of domain or anything like that. the configuration passes the test, and nothing is wrong with the http.conf file, i'm pretty sure, so i think that it's the operating system. has anyone else had this problem? how did you fix it?