title: How to make XAMPP (Apache; lookups) faster on Windows 7?
body: <p>When using XAMPP (1.7.5 Beta) under Windows 7 (Ultimate, version 6.1, build 7600), it takes several seconds before pages actually show up. During these seconds, the browser shows <em>"Waiting for site.localhost.com..."</em> and Apache (httpd.exe, version 2.2.17) has 99% CPU load.</p>
  
  <p>I have already tried to speed things up in several ways:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Uncommented "Win32DisableAcceptEx" in xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-mpm.conf</li>
  <li>Uncommented "EnableMMAP Off" and "EnableSendfile Off" in xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf</li>
  <li>Disabled all firewall and antivirus software (Windows Defender/Windows Firewall, Norton AntiVirus).</li>
  <li>In the hosts file, commented out "::1 localhost" and uncommented "127.0.0.1 localhost".</li>
  <li>Executed (via cmd): netsh; interface; portproxy; add v6tov4 listenport=80 connectport=80.</li>
  <li>Even disabled IPv6 completely, by following <a href="http://www.home-network-help.com/disable-ipv6.html" rel="nofollow">these</a> instructions.</li>
  <li>The only place where "HostnameLookups" is set, is in xampp\apache\conf\httpd-default.conf, to: Off.</li>
  <li>Tried PHP in CGI mode by commenting out (in httpd-xampp.conf): LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php5ts.dll" and LoadModule php5_module modules/php5apache2_2.dll.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>None of these possible solutions had any noticeable effect on the speed. Does Apache have difficulty trying to find the destination host ('gethostbyname')? What else could I try to speed things up?</p>