Lost in translation - Please help!

I just downloaded Apache tonight. I am trying to teach myself how to
use it with little success. The problem I am running into thus far is
when I try to start it I get this error:

Only one usage of each socket address <protocol/network address/port>
is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to the address
0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down. Unable to
open logs.

I have read through a bit of the threads and found some questions like
mine but none of the answers applied. I am not running anything else
on port 80 or any conflicting software. If I need to change the port I
haven't the slightest idea of how to even do that. Any help would
really be greatly appreciated. I know I am super newbie compared to
most of you but hopefully someday I will be able to repay some of the
advice.

Thanks!

tricia81@comcast.net (Tricia) wrote in
news:8d27ff58.0407272023.19af31d7@posting.google.c om:

> make_sock: could not bind to the address
> 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available

It looks like port 80 is already in use. Could it be that you are trying
to start Apache when it's already running?

Try restartng your machine. Then, from a command line, type "netstat -an".
When I do that, I see this:

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING

That output from netstat shows me that *something* is listening on port 80.
If the Apache monitor (or the services control in the Control Panel) still
says that Apache isn't running, then you have something else listening on
port 80.



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