Apache v2.0 Problem (newbie)

I've been trying to configure Apache in my Windows XP and 2000 pro
computers but I can't seem to make it work. The problem states "could
not bind/listen to port...shutting down." I went to httpd text file
and tried to configure it with listen to 80, 127.0.0.1:80;8000;8080
etc (i got the ip and port numbers from going to dos and typing
"netstat -an" it then listed a bunch of ip, port numbers, listening,
and established ... if that makes sense) Can anybody help me? I'm a
newbie trying to get my feet wet with apache so I probabky won't know
all the prodecures and terms.

On 27 Jun 2003 16:38:13 -0700, The Other Guy responded to a post from
montikarlo@yahoo.com (Karlo) who wrote in
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix:

>I've been trying to configure Apache in my Windows XP and 2000 pro
>computers but I can't seem to make it work. The problem states "could
>not bind/listen to port...shutting down." I went to httpd text file
>and tried to configure it with listen to 80, 127.0.0.1:80;8000;8080
>etc (i got the ip and port numbers from going to dos and typing
>"netstat -an" it then listed a bunch of ip, port numbers, listening,
>and established ... if that makes sense) Can anybody help me? I'm a
>newbie trying to get my feet wet with apache so I probabky won't know
>all the prodecures and terms.

The problem is that there is another program or service already
running on that particular port (80). On Windows, the usual suspect is
IIS, since, in general, port 80 is reserved for web services.

If you do not have another web server running, the other culprit can
be Kazaa (the P2P file-sharing program), that often runs on that port
(although it is not its usual port).

Too, some programs, especially McAfee A/V, have conflicts with Apache.
If you have it installed, then disable it (sometimes it needs to be
removed altogether), and try restarting Apache.

In a DOS prompt window, type "netstat
-an" (or "netstat -ano" on XP) and see if there is something Listening
to port 80 (with XP you should get a pid and you can note that and go
to Admin Tools --> Services and shut down that specific process). If
port 80 shows being Listened to, there is something there that is
using that port.

Alternatively, try changing the Listen directive in the httpd.conf
file to a different port number (say, 8080, 8081, OR 8085), and
restart Apache to see if it will boot up with those ports. Some ISPs
block port 80.

HTH
TOG

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