first i downloaded the tomcat and the Axis (1.4)
I copied from C:\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\web.xml into: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml
then i changed the following block in the copied file
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/AxisServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Change to:
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/axis/servlet/AxisServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
3.i the copied From: C:\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib
To: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib
and
4. From: C:\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF \classes
To: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF \classes
then i copied a precreated server-config.wsdd file: to
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd
then i copied from C:\axis-1_4\webapps\axis folder
To: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\ROOT\axis
lastly
i Started the Apache Tomcat 7 Service from Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Services
Typing:
http://localhost:8080/axis/at the explorer
then select list and i had the error message.