Kibana 4.3.1 On Windows XP - Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://localhost:9200

Here is the output:

C:\Documents and Settings\Swarnkar>ping localhost

Pinging swarnkarr [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

Here swarnkarr is user domain.

Also, I see this when I start kibana.bat

'WHERE' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I tried Commenting bat lines containing WHERE as @KavyaS says here.
No luck.