John Gregory asks -

I'm unable to open Zope 2.3.0 on my pc under Windows 95. I run start.bat and then point IE5 at http://127.0.0.1 but all I get is an IE error report "The page cannot be displayed. Cannot find server or DNS Error".

I've followed recommended download/install instructions explicitly and AFAIK all the files are correctly located.

Another server on my pc - Xitami - recognises the address http://127.0.0.1 so could it be that Zope 2.3.0, like MS Personal Server 4, cannot be run under Windows 95 except via a network?

Zope is fine on Win95, including being used locally, I've used it for years. Be default, it runs on port 8080. Try to connect using http://127.0.0.1:8080. If that doesn't do it, then we can start scratching our heads. "localhost" should work instead of "127.0.0.1", although you might have to create a "hosts" file in the Windows directory (see the sample "hosts.sam" file in that directory). I recently learned that some versions of IE have a bug that prevents proper interaction with the Zope management screens. Won't stop you from connecting, though. Once you are connected, if this seems to be happening to you, upgrade to the latest version of IE5. and it should be OK. Cheers, Tom P