Its supposed to be easy, right?

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
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what you could do as a test is put a test.html file in the root of your install (where the index.php file and system directory lives) and then try and browse to it.
test.html

Code:

<h2>HELLO WORLD</h2>

http://127.0.0.1/test.html. At least then you know you a re trying to browse to the correct place.[/strike] (ah you can see welcome page)