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Can't figure out why this would be happening- wp install issue or .htaccess issue?

I am using a theme but the same problem occurs with the default wp themes. After I create a new page (example: about), I get a 404 when I try to access it from the navigation or when I just enter the URL: domain.com/dev/about, I am also getting 404.

WP installed in httpdocs/dev.

All plugins are deactivated. Everything else appears to be working correctly.

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i should add that this is a brand new fresh/clean WP install. no extra custom code, no content. – user23687 Nov 15 '12 at 21:48
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Did you save your permalinks with a new structure other than the default(s)? Settings > Permalinks <save> – Zach Nov 15 '12 at 21:49
We just switched it back to Default and now pages are loading correctly. Any ideas why changing permalinks to Post Names throws 404s? – user23687 Nov 15 '12 at 21:53
do you get your server's 404 page, or a WordPress 404? – Milo Nov 15 '12 at 22:32
the WordPress 404 – user23687 Nov 15 '12 at 23:08
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WordPress is not receiving requests, check if mod_rewrite is enabled and an .htaccess file is being generated by WordPress (assuming you are using Apache, not IIS).

See using pretty permalinks and fixing permalink problems for more info.

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Still getting the server 404 pages and mod_rewrite is enabled and the .htaccess file is: – user23687 Nov 28 '12 at 21:47
# BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress ErrorDocument 404 /404.html – user23687 Nov 28 '12 at 21:47
I changed the .htaccess file to: # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /dev/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /dev/index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress ErrorDocument 404 /404.html – user23687 Nov 28 '12 at 21:53
...because under Permalinks settings, above that code snippet it says: "If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file." I am now getting the WP theme 404, not the server 404 like before. – user23687 Nov 28 '12 at 22:18

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