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http://localhost isn't responding for extended periods of time (stopped waiting after 10 minutes), nor are any of my vhosts.

I've tried looking at the error logs and I don't see any entries since 2010 and I use my vhosts daily. As far as I know, I haven't changed any apache settings, everything looks fine with the hosts file, httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf. In fact, there has been no modification in these folders in months. It's possible an automatic update or a recent update to LogMeIn could have done something elsewhere in the windows environment.

I'm restarting apache via:

MyPath\Apache2.2.17\bin\httpd.exe -k restart

and seeing no errors in the command console and as I mentioned, the apache logs are not updating

Two questions: 1) Any idea why the logs aren't populating? 2) What steps could I use to troubleshoot this issue?

UPDATE:

I found the apache logs were populating, just under wamp/logs and not the log files under the apache folder. Every time I restart apache I get a few thousand of these:

[Sat May 05 13:30:26 2012] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : Child 9532: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.

I tried adding

Win32DisableAcceptEx

to my httpd.conf file and the errors have changed but they are too numerous to list. What could have changed to have caused this?

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It's wsock32.dll under system32 folder which is corrupt, probably by some rootkit or application, try booting machine with Windows CD and replace the file, the issue will get solved

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Can you elaborate on how wsock32.dll could be causing this problem? – DragonLord Oct 11 '12 at 5:32
I never found a resolution to this problem and have since reinstalled my os and everything is working fine. Apologies to anyone having this problem later, I never found a working solution and am no longer able to test suggestions. – Shane Oct 12 '12 at 13:32
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check your

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

file. check there is a line without " # ".

127.0.0.1 localhost

If not present, update and try again.

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