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Cant access apache tomcat 7.0.90 console through browser

I have installed apache tomcat 7.0.90 on my windows 8 64bit system. This is how I have configured my tomcat-users.xml -

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<tomcat-users>
<!--
  NOTE:  By default, no user is included in the "manager-gui" role required
  to operate the "/manager/html" web application.  If you wish to use this app,
  you must define such a user - the username and password are arbitrary. It is
  strongly recommended that you do NOT use one of the users in the commented out
  section below since they are intended for use with the examples web
  application.
-->
<!--
  NOTE:  The sample user and role entries below are intended for use with the
  examples web application. They are wrapped in a comment and thus are ignored
  when reading this file. If you wish to configure these users for use with the
  examples web application, do not forget to remove the <!.. ..> that surrounds
  them. You will also need to set the passwords to something appropriate.
-->
<!--
  <role rolename="tomcat"/>
  <role rolename="role1"/>
  <user username="tomcat" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="tomcat"/>
  <user username="both" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="tomcat,role1"/>
  <user username="role1" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="role1"/>
-->

  <!-- user manager can access only manager section -->
  <role rolename="manager-gui" />
  <user username="manager" password="manager" roles="manager-gui" />

  <!-- user admin can access manager and admin section both -->
  <role rolename="admin-gui" />
  <user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui,manager-script" />

</tomcat-users>

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I am not able to access tomcat console thru browser. It asks for login but does not login successfully using "admin".  It keeps giving login box and when I click cancel button it shows "unauthorized" message.  What could be the problem?
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I can not access it at all with any user/password.
If you uncomment the following lines:

<!--
  <role rolename="tomcat"/>
  <role rolename="role1"/>
  <user username="tomcat" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="tomcat"/>
  <user username="both" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="tomcat,role1"/>
  <user username="role1" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="role1"/>
-->

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and give a password "tomcat" to user "tomcat", can you access it with tomcat/tomcat?
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I tried that too. I still cant access. I tried tomcat 7.0 as well as 9.0. Same problem.
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Ahhh.... so Tomcat was not running at all. Glad you got it solved :)
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I was able to debug and found the reason for my issue.