Can't upgrade

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Originally Posted by Olethros

Older versions of windows need the loopback address - 127.0.0.1 in the hosts file for windows to work properly.

On recent versions of windows, the hosts file is by default empty.

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Correct. If you're running on Windows XP, you'll want to make sure this additional line is in the hosts file:

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127.0.0.1 localhost

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Windows Vista + Windows 7 do not have this requirement, local host resolution is done in a different place now (as it should have been a loooong time ago ;))