XAMPP Service starts then stops Windows 2003

[atomic500]

Hi all,

I have installed XAMPP 1.6.2 for Windows and everything seems to be working exept running the control panel as a service. I want to run the control panel as a service as I believe this is the only way to get Mercury to run as a service for sending emails. When I start the service it stops automatically and does not run XAMPP Service.

Thanks,

Mike

[atomic500]

does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening or what can be done?