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Apache w/out internet connection

I have a Vista laptop that I have been running Apache / MySql / Php / PhpMyAdmin on for quite some time without fail. I just use it to test bits of code here and there etc. No problems, until recently when I needed to test something and I happened to be in a place that I could not get an internet connection. Why am I unable to access localhost from the same machine without an internet connection? I am type http://localhost..etc into the browser's address bar and I get the message that I am unable to access without an internet connection. I checked my windows/system32/etc/hosts file and the first two lines are

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Guest [Entry]

"This means that the Apache server is not running or you have the port configured to a different port on your machine.

Another potential issue is that the host name of apache may be different than 127.0.0.1 or localhost."