My computer cannot access website running on it while other computers can - apache

I am building a website with Apache and PHP. I was able to run it on my computer till yesterday.Now, I cannot access it on my own computer with localhost,127.0.0.1 but other computers on my network can access it using my ip. I was trying to install some software yesterday which made Chrome totally dysfunctional and I had to reinstall it. Chrome/IE can access other websites but not my own.
Anybody has any idea about this?

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But the same dosnt work when i try to access from locally connected computers.. I am trying to access odoo from computers connected through lan..
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Disable the firewall and anti-virus
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