Title: Does this thing actually work??? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Does this thing actually work??? * Anonymous * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/) * Running 1.0.2 First I had to comment out code to get it to install. Now, when I try to login I get a “404 Page Not Found” after login… Any ideas? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-44968) * URI? Platform? Local or Server Installation? * Thread Starter Anonymous * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-44970) * Platform – WinXP Local Install [http://localhost/wp/wp-login.php](http://localhost/wp/wp-login.php) is the URL in the address bar when I get the 404 error. * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-44972) * Cena: wp-login is in the root folder afaik 🙂 Anon: is ur index page working? * Thread Starter Anonymous * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-44974) * index works, login does not. I have installed the system in the WP folder * [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/) * (@nuclearmoose) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45008) * Are you using a Windows Server or Apache Server? A friend of mine was trying to install 1.02 on Windows 2000 Server with no luck and a similar issue. He went to the MOOSE nightly and it installed without a hitch. * [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/) * (@davidchait) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45026) * what’s the url in the address bar when you’re on the index page, just for curiosity’s sake? -d * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45041) * yey to the moose nightly 🙂 * Thread Starter Anonymous * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45056) * forget it, this thing is quite obivously not ready for prime time… 5 minute instal… not likely * [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/) * (@sushubh) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45070) * atleast 10 blogs all < 5 minutes… maybe i am just plain lucky… or i have some commonsense… 🙂 * Thread Starter Anonymous * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45103) * yeah, that’s it… my lack of common sense is causing 404 errors when I click the “login” button… wonderful support forums, not a single suggestion on what the problem might be… just questions and smart comments… I thought that a “product” in beta would at least install correctly and allow logins… maybe this product should still be in pre-alpha… * [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/) * (@cena) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45104) * You’re not exactly providing necessary information (which has been requested numerous times) in order to give you any sort of useful answer. I’m sure you know 404 errors are commonly generated when a page isn’t found. That leads me to believe there’s something wrong in the setup and/or paths. Does your siteurl( found in the options backend) read: [http://yousite.com/pathtowordpress](http://yousite.com/pathtowordpress)( No trailing slash?) What versions of mysql/php are you using? What server are you using? What’s the actual address showing in your browser? These have been asked (and are relevant to) properly addressing your question. * [tedfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tedfox/) * (@tedfox) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45107) * He installed it on local… he’s desktop. ON winxp on that. Could be a million and one errors. * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45108) * Are you running the nightly now, or 1.0.2 still. You also say you commented out some code to get it to install. What exactly was commented out? Maybe that is what is causing it to break. If its 1.0.2 , then installation on windows platforms is a known problem, as mentioned before. Some properties of the forum derive from the fact that it’s free 🙂 Let’s all keep our cool and work towards a solution 🙂 You could try the #wordpress IRC channel on freenode.net for some live support, if you will, and it is of course expected that you search first, and then ask, and when you ask, you give all the details that you think can be helpful to someone trying to help you, and then some. I’d be more than happy to see your problem resolved, but we all need your help for that. * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45109) * One question that was asked that hasn’t been answered yet is if he’s running it via IIS (or the XP web service, what ever they call it nowadays) or off of an Apache running on Windows. I run a test site on a Win2K running Apache and only have problems with cookies, but that’s a local machine issue and does not reflect upon WP. Anon – two questions: 1) what are you using for the server? Apache or XPWebSvc? 2) What happens if you go straight to [http://localhost/wp/wp-admin](http://localhost/wp/wp-admin) directly (punch it right into the address bar)? TG * [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/) * (@davidchait) * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/#post-45153) * Also never answered my question as to what url was visible when he did get to the index page. BTW, I started my site developing on my local machine, WinXP, apache, and have continued to always edit locally before posting to my hosting provider. Hosting on desktop/XP is just fine with apache. -d Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Does this thing actually work???’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 16 replies * 9 participants * Last reply from: 1539 * Last activity: [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-thing-actually-work/page/2/#post-45154) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics