This (OS 10013) error message could be related to Windows Web Server IIS running and using port 80.
Try disabling this in the Control Panel and these instructions are for Vista so please adapt for W7:
To disable
IIS go to
Start>Control Panel>Programs and Featureson the leftmost side you will find an option
Turn Windows features on or offclick on it and uncheck
Internet Information Servicesclick
OKand then restart your computer.
There was another method to stop IIS here:
viewtopic.php?p=153354#p153354You may also need to disable User Account Control (
UAC ) to run a web server.
You may also want to allow XAMPP ports through any firewall or antivirus scanner ZoneAlarm etc. that you may have installed and running.
The full lists of ports can be found here:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xam ... html#xpsp2A forum search in XAMPP for Windows and a copy and paste of these keywords...
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