Login redirect, but not Windows server

what information can I give you to help solve this problem!?

Please tell us what is happening? What URL are you sent to? Do you see any errors? What WordPress version?

I go to login at localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php and it brings up the name and password screen as it should.

I enter my name and password and essentially, the screen ‘goes’ nowhere. The url is the same except for the info at the end of wp-login.php https://localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2F stuff that looks exactly like the redirect issues explained for IIS servers.. only I’m on apache. This is wordpress 1.5 AND it happens exactly the same on 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.

Initially, it would show me the wordpress directory after I clicked on ‘login’, but that hasn’t happened since I’ve worked through some of the ‘fixes’ on this site. Now it just shows the login page over and over.

I should express.. this is on a home PC running windows 2000 and wordpress 1.5… I am meaning to dev this at home and upload to a server later.. but I have to be able to play with this software to be sure it’s what I want to use.

I guess I should add that I ‘succesfully’ make it through the install. The databases are set up as they should be.. I’ve had to delete them many times!! ??

I’ve tried using php5 and now I’m down to php4.3.. I was using apache 2 but now I’m using 1.3… I still use mysql4.1.8 but I can’t see this being part of the problem…. though.. I’ve been more wrong before.

Something happened to your siteurl or home values. You’ll have to fix them.

https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

Just for resolution… Everyone BEWARE the monster known as ZoneAlarm Pro…. I feel humiliated and I apologize for wasting anyone’s time. Your support is appreciated. It was one of the deciding factors in using this software.