Thanks for the answer.
I did get a key for Google Maps. That is not the issue.
The problem is I can't get any admin page to display. No mapper what link I use I only get the home page content. The URL in the location bar changes, but the content does not.

An added problem is that the site uses multi domains and the site I actually need to do changes on is not the primary site. So there's another reason I need to get into the admin pages: I do need to set the domain module for the secondary site to display where the changes need to be made.

Bert

On 10/09/12 02:13, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
You need to request a key for "localhost". It's free, so take the easy way out and get a test key.

 
Nancy
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From: Bert Van Kets
I have been asked to make changes to a Drupal 6 site that was _not_
developed by me. To make sure the changes don't break anything I want to
set up a local copy of the site.
The first thing I need to do is remove a Google Maps install. This is
done using modules and not in the theme files.
When starting the local copy the Google Maps script tells me I need a
new key and then throws me to the home page. I can log in as admin, but
the message for the Google maps key keeps popping up and throwing me to
the home page.