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Hi, Experts<br />
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Browser in firefox: <a href="http://localhost:8080" rel="ugc">http://localhost:8080</a><br />
&nbsp; get a login/password window? <br />
Browser in ie:<a href="http://localhost:8080" rel="ugc">http://localhost:8080</a><br />
&nbsp; It direct to<a href="http://localhost:8080/iishelp/" rel="ugc">http://localhost:8080/iishelp/</a>, &nbsp;prompt &quot;cannot display the page&quot;<br />
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Could you tell me why they are different? I am newbie to localhost. I am using iis5.1(winxp sp2) <br />
Thank in advance.
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Hi, Experts

Browser in firefox: http://localhost:8080
  get a login/password window? 
Browser in ie:http://localhost:8080
  It direct tohttp://localhost:8080/iishelp/,  prompt "cannot display the page"

Could you tell me why they are different? I am newbie to localhost. I am using iis5.1(winxp sp2) 
Thank in advance.

login/password required for httP://localhost:8080?

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.