ERR_ICANN_NAME_COLLISION local issue - macos

I'm using OSX and I have been using AMPPS for my local development environment. Everything was peachy then all of
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I've tried to automatic proxy config in network preferences, restarting my computer, restarting chrome etc.

Turns out .dev is top level domain and purchased by google so can't be used even locally...:\

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I've spend hours searching for a solution to the problem. It looks as Widows Defender is to blame which is triggering different rules after I've joining the domain. It is enough to switch off the firewall, start any web application and enable the firewall. Simple (yet annoying) but working (what is most important).

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I'm not sure how to get around this problem, how can I prevent the homestead box from trying to use ssl out of the box? Or get chrome to accept the cert that it's trying to provide?
I've tried downloading the certificate (crt file from /etc/nginx/ssl on the box) and installing it on my machine and then restarting chrome but I get the same error.
As #brianforan has pointed out in his comment, Google has decided for their own reasons that the latest versions of Chrome will no longer support development under the top level domain of ".dev". Chrome will assume that any .dev domain is automatically meant to run under SSL, and will redirect to SSL.
Use an alternate TLD for your site - I have a preference for .local or .localhost myself, but it's entirely up to you.

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Deleting the sites from IIS Manager actually did do the trick. It was a matter of clearing the cached localhost website from my browser.

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I can test it easily on my machine using MacOS, by just typing in local.*.org and it shows up. Again, windows is my issue. This project is due this Thursday (5/24/12), so you're help is greatly appreciated.
1) Developing and testing your web page is different from managing your web page source. In other words, testing web pages != using SVN.
2) If you've not actually been able to use SVN yet - and if your client has no preferences - then please try TortoiseSVN:
http://scplugin.tigris.org
3) Please post back any specific questions you have about installing/using SVN.
If the site uses any scripting languages like PHP, and/or databases, you need to get those setup correctly first. If your website consists of just HTML/CSS/JS... then you can access the website via either of these methods:
Enable Web Sharing (System Preferences > Sharing > Web Sharing). Then type in the IP shown there into your browser in VirtualBox and it should load. (This is probably easier than trying to get nginx configured, though it might very well load if you just type in your machine's IP.)
In VirtualBox, select your VM (powered off), Settings > Shared Folders. Add your website's root directory. Launch the VM, then browse to it within the VM and open up your files there for testing.
My current environment is setup like this:
- Local dev machine with git & SVN
- Remote DB server
- Remote web server
- Web server mounts local dev machine's www folder as a volume and serves the PHP pages from there
- Load web browser in VMs or any other machines. Edit hosts file if need be for local routing.

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After some period of time (20mins or so) the shares all start working again.
This only seems to affect WinXP clients, with them recieving this error message described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890413.
The resolution provided by Microsoft works, but it means that everything I deploy a new copy of the website all of my users have to go through this hassle.
Any IIS experts out there know what is happening, or how to resolve this?
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