Thanks for the reply, ok here we go....
You can run netstat -ao from a command prompt to find what is running on what port:
Click Start/Run... type netstat -ao
This is what pulled up when i did a netstat -na
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1029 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1036 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1041 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1046 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1047 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1050 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1052 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1053 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1055 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1443 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:2143 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:2144 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:2146 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:3389 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:20480 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:1046 192.168.0.11:20491 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1047 216.229.151.48:2147 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1048 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:1048 192.168.0.11:2143 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1049 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:1049 192.168.0.11:2144 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1050 192.168.0.11:20491 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1051 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:1051 192.168.0.11:2143 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1052 192.168.0.11:20491 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1053 192.168.0.11:20491 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:1054 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:1054 192.168.0.11:2144 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:2143 192.168.0.11:1048 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:2143 192.168.0.11:1051 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:2144 192.168.0.11:1049 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:2144 192.168.0.11:1054 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:3389 192.168.0.135:2364 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:20491 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.11:20491 192.168.0.11:1046 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:20491 192.168.0.11:1050 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:20491 192.168.0.11:1052 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.11:20491 192.168.0.11:1053 ESTABLISHED
UDP 0.0.0.0:445 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1027 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1028 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1030 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1031 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1032 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1033 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1035 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:1038 *:*
UDP 0.0.0.0:3456 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.133:53 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.133:500 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.135:53 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.135:500 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.136:53 *:*
UDP 70.253.151.136:500 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:53 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:1034 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:2821 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:53 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:137 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:138 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:500 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:1045 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:20490 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:20491 *:*
UDP 192.168.0.11:20493 *:*
I assume that my server is not listing on port 80 cause xampp is not running, or is there another reason why? Like I said I'm new to this.
Check with your Task Manager that another instance of Apache or indeed any other server is running. If so Kill the other server's process(es) and try and restart Apache again.
I checked and nothing is running. I've restarted xampp and I still get the erros ">>> Unable to open logs
The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> no listening sockets available, shutting down
You can also check the xampp/apache/logs/error.log and access.log for any clues.
Reviewing my logs this is what it said:
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:21 2006] [notice] Apache/2.2.2 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.1.4 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:21 2006] [notice] Server built: May 9 2006 14:08:48
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:21 2006] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2756
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:25 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Child process is running
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:25 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:25 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:27 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Tue Aug 29 13:25:27 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Starting thread to listen on port 81.
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:00 2006] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:00 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:01 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Released the start mutex
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:02 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Waiting for 250 worker threads to exit.
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:02 2006] [notice] Child 2756: All worker threads have exited.
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:02 2006] [notice] Child 2756: Child process is exiting
[Tue Aug 29 13:39:02 2006] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
Does this point out anything for you? ( I hope.)
I tried pulling up both localhost but it says "cannot display page"
127.0.0.1 takes to to an msn search page that says "We can't find "127.0.0.1"
Another thing to check is your Windows's network firewall settings. Make sure port 80 is open.
I checked and it's open
If you use Skype it also uses port 80.
Do not use skype
As another check to see if another server is running and using port 80 go to xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf and find this part and change the port that Apache is listening on:...........
Change this to another port for example 81
Also change this to 81
Save the httpd.conf file and restart your XAMPP Apache server.
Don't forget to change them back to port 80 if you solve your multiple server issue as port 80 is the default port for serving to the Internet.
I check my httpd.conf file and did what you said. I changed it to 81 and so forth, restarted xampp but did not work.
Well I hope this information will make sense ,
again thanks for your reply and hope to hear from you soon.
-Tom