# Install RoR on Vista problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ror-on-vista-problem/181401 "2010-01-11T13:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rpd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rpd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpd)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ror-on-vista-problem/181401/1 "2010-01-11T13:48:25Z")
Hi I have tried to install RoR on my Vista machine but with no success yet. First I followed the tutorial getting started at RoR website & everything worked up to the home page not showing in [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) browser. The Windows error message is: \<\<\>\>\>localhost is not set up to establish aconnection on port 3000 with this computer I tried an internet search for help on opening ports in Vista and have not found any suitable help yet! I also run Xampp & IIS on my Vista machine (Xampp uses Apache server & MySQL) & these are working fine (I followed internet articles to set up & install them). As this didn’t work I have tried installing RoR with Cygwin from this youtube presentation: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mWHdxN86n0Q/hqdefault.jpg "Ruby on Rails + Cygwin + Windows Vista") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWHdxN86n0Q) (Cygwin with sqlite3) This gets as far as opening the default homepage in [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) but this is not correctly installed & I have this error at ‘About your applications environment’: About your application’s environment We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly. I have spent somewhile trying to fix this but without success. Can anyone please offer a solution? I look forward to helpful replies, many thanks ---
**Author:** ![rpd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rpd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rpd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-ror-on-vista-problem/181401/2 "2010-01-13T03:05:05Z")
Hi Well sadly I had no reply to my original post for help about my RoR being rubyOFFrails so I am replying now to my own post to update it. I have now found a solution - I was using Ruby19 and windows vista baulked at this (at one stage saying it could not find mscrvtruby18.dll (?)). So I looked harder at the RoR download page & it recommends Ruby 1.8.7 I could not find this but I uninstalled Ruby19 & have installed Ruby 1.8.6 instead and then followed an installation tutorial at > **[WDVL](https://wdvl.com)** > > Mastering the Art of Online Magazine Creation (using sqlite3-ruby & mongrel) & I have now the home page up & running on localhost:3000- problem sorted! Now I look forward to following the further instructions & developing with RoR. Well it is good to talk-even if it is only to yourself! Maybe this post here though may help others to set up without Ruby19 which wasn’t compatible with Rails for me! Goodluck…