Error when invoking WCF service from the client

I've a WCF service project and client project in my VS.Net 2008 solution. When running the client, am getting this error:

Could not connect to http:// localhost:8000/Services/TestService. TCP error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target m开发者_运维问答achine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8000

What am i missing over here? How do I make sure that my service is running?

You can use the WCF test client to test your service.

Is this possibly due to the DisableLoopbackCheck registry setting?

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