bearbear wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> After I have gathered many experts' view , I still encounter the message
> when I hit icon of Apache at the 'Program Menu' to star up. The
> following message started to pop up in the DOS window:- " make-"OS
> 10048. make socke: could not bind to address 0.0.0.80 no listening
> sockets available, shtted down, unable to open logs.'
>
> I have checked the IIS is 'unchecked'. I then input at C:>, C:>netstat
> -ano. The difference in the outcome is when the server starts, there is
> an additional line appears while the other output lines are the same
> when the server is stopped. Let me only show you the additional lines:-
>
>
> TCP 0.0.0.80 0.0.0.0 Listening 592
> (Protocol) (Local Adress) (Foreign address) (State) PID)
>
> The wording inside the blankets represent their meaning.
>
>
> I am not sure if there exists any problem at this stage because when I
> input http://127.0.0.1 or htttp://localhost at IE explorer, it will show
> a screen with message saying you "when you see this page, that means you
> have successfully installed APACHE SERVER ... Powered by Apache"
>
>
> It sound like confusing. Me Too. But That is what I am experienceing.
> Any expert can give me where I am standig. Is there any problem?
> Anything i need to do before I am able to use Apache server.
>
> If you do not understand my question, please let me know which part you
> do not understand, thus, I would try to represent it again as much as I
> can.
>
>
>

> I am not sure if there exists any problem at this stage because when I
> input http://127.0.0.1 or htttp://localhost at IE explorer, it will show
> a screen with message saying you "when you see this page, that means you
> have successfully installed APACHE SERVER ... Powered by Apache"

this means apache is working and has been started.
You do not need to do anything now unless you want to stop it.