OS: Windows XP Professional, SP 2.

Few days back i had xampplite 1.7.1 installed and was able to access localhost and phpmyadmin through browser...... Today it suddenly stopped working.

In firefox after i type http://localhost/ nothing happens, just blank white screen.

I removed all the files in xampplite folders and re-installed ver 1.7.1 again, it's of no use. Then i installed xampplite 1.7.2 (latest), which i had downloaded from xampp website, again it's of no use. Apache and MySql are running though.

I tried using locally installing wordpress, as i have a theme ready and want to convert that design to wordpress, test it and start using it online.

Running 'Port-check' on xampp control panel showed this -->

RESULT
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Service --     -- Port --      -- Status --
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Apache (HTTP) -- 80 -- C:\xampplite\apache\bin\httpd.exe

Apache (WebDAV) -- 81 -- free

Apache (HTTPS) -- 443 -- C:\xampplite\apache\bin\httpd.exe

MySQL -- 3306 -- C:\xampplite\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe

FileZilla (FTP) -- 21 -- free

FileZilla (Admin) -- 14147 -- free

Mercury (SMTP) -- 25 -- free

Mercury (POP3) -- 110 -- free
Mercury (IMAP) -- 143 -- free

Mercury (HTTP) -- 2224 -- free

Mercury (Finger) -- 79 -- free

Mercury (PH) -- 105 -- free

Mercury (PopPass) -- 106 -- free

Tomcat (AJP/1.3) -- 8009 -- free

Tomcat (HTTP) -- 8080 -- free

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I also Have skype installed but it's not using 'Port 80' (as i have read, this was the issue, but checked under skype option the port is 65013).

And when i run file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/index.php - it shows "Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-( "

Please help with this problem.

thanks Sharath kumar