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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes:
https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/prbasicts.html
https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/prlinkmigration.html
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes - can't remember
Joomla! version: 2.5.3
PHP version: 5.3.10
MySQL version: 5.5.20
Host: WAMP server on local PC
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup:
Akeeba Backup Professional 3.4.3 (2012-03-21)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: 3.4.1

Description of my issue:

When I tried to view my restored site using WAMP on my local pc, it kept taking me to the orginial site. So I did the following
1. Enable MOD_REWRITE
2. Delete the redirections in .htacess file
3. Modified $cookie_domain and public $cookie_path

I was able to view the site's frontend, but I could not access the Administrator Backend.

I suspect that this may have something to do with the ssl certificate (or the plugin Yireo SSL Redirection), which I enabled in the backend, but I could be wrong.

What should I be doing.

The live_site parameter in the configuration.php file is empty.

So what should I do? Do I ask the developer what the exact URL is that the plugin produces so that I can enter it into the $live_site's URL? Is there a way to find out what the URL is in Joomla?

Or do I temporary disable the plugin's SSL, back it up again and try restoring it a second time?

Awesome, thank you very much for your detailed instruction. I am able to login to the backend.

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