Apache Wont Run

[Jonathan!]

Hey. I just installed XAMPP, and when it came to installing Apache as a service it said it couldn’t because port 80 was blocked.

The thing is my Norton firewall was off at the time so i don’t understand how it was blocked.

Also, in the XAMPP control panel, when i press 'start' for Apache it says Service Started, but the running indicator doesn’t appear and i cant select admin.

As you can probably tell im kinda new to this, so if i have done something really stupid, go easy...lol.

[underdone]

If you're running windows XP check to see if the built in firewall is turned on.

[Jonathan!]

Ha... got it to work. Microsofts Internet Information Service was running, and when i turned it off the apache service worked!

[Izzy]

Hey. I just installed XAMPP, and when it came to installing Apache as a service it said it couldn’t because port 80 was blocked...

When ever you get this kind of error it best to first see what is blocking the ports by using:
xampp\xampp-portcheck.exe
Before you start any of the XAMPP modules the results of running the above should show all ports as being free.