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Wamp server slow on windows 7 solution

Saturday, October 31, 2009 • , , , , • 12 comments


Spectacular views are you experiencing slow performance for wamp server under windows 7??

i have experienced the same problem and i didn't solve it until i asked the support of wamp server.

So this is the solution,

check you  hosts file and make sure its  only contains:

127.0.0.1 localhost

The site is located under the directory:

c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

And then the performance of wamp server will back again.

(12) Comments

  1. Claude On December 2, 2009 11:26 PM

    Hi all,

    OK, but the file c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts cannot be modified even with administator rights. Probably a 'system' file.

    How is it possible to midify this file ?

     
    Raghed On December 3, 2009 8:25 AM

    hi i have modified it., open it with notepad, it will open and then save it. you may need to restart the system.
    i am logged as administrator and i did it.

     
    Sebastien On December 16, 2009 9:48 AM

    you need to disable UAC completely in order to edit the hosts file

     
    pxk On January 10, 2010 11:55 PM

    Easier way is to open notepad do the edits and save as hosts.txt. Once saved, remove the .txt using rename.
    This will alter file permissions and then you can edit file in notepad and just save, which will save as a hosts file.

     
    Raghed On January 11, 2010 8:24 AM

    thank you sebastien and pxk for your posts, your are invited to join my blog and add articles to it.

     
    Mike Anderson On July 11, 2010 1:46 PM

    Oh man, there's an easier way to do that. Just click on Start > Programs > Accessories and then locate Notepad. Right click on notepad and run as administrator. When the notepad opens up, click on FILE and then browse to the HOST file. You wont see the file until you choose VIEW ALL FILES on notepad screen. Once you see host file, open it and then edit it. You wont find any problems saving the file now!
    Cheers!

     
    benedict.neo On August 8, 2010 12:35 AM

    it is sometimes antivirus software which slows it down. I disabled my nortan and it ran fast

     
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    Robert On September 30, 2011 10:15 AM

    The file must contain 127.0.0.1 localhost! It may contain another masks too, but 127.0.0.1 localhost must not be commented!

     
    Robert On September 30, 2011 10:15 AM
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    Pastor Gary Evensen On April 12, 2012 4:02 PM

    havent looked in a while, when i first got windows7 there were no solutions to be found, I gave up for a while.
    googled this again today because it was driving me nuts.
    This solution works!!
    Use the run notepad as administrator option, it did not speed up until I restarted.
    Thanks for a easy solution....

     
    Raghed On April 12, 2012 4:09 PM

    you'r welcome pastor i am glad that my post helped u