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I extracted the xampp-lite folder to my C:\

I ran the setup_xampp.bat file and it said that it was installed succesfully.

When I click xampp_start.exe, it says "APACHE + MySQL IS STARTING NOW" and that never goes away. The server never appears to start because when I go to http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 in my browser, it can't find the page.

note: I have my windows firewall disabled

I have previously used other bundles such as phpdev, but I'm pretty sure I fully removed it. Would this possibly cause a conflict if something wasn't properly removed? How would I check?

Any help to get this up and running would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

When I click xampp_start.exe,

You can use "apache_start.bat" and look for an error message.

Wiedmann wrote:

When I click xampp_start.exe,

You can use "apache_start.bat" and look for an error message.

Tried that...all it says is "Apache 2 is starting..." and that continues indefinitely.

Any other ideas?

Tried that...all it says is "Apache 2 is starting..." and that continues indefinitely.

So we can assume, Apache is running.
--> verify this in taskmanager

Ok, when I use the apache_start.bat and it says "Apache 2 is starting...", I have apache.exe in the task manager.

I still can't go to http://localhost

What now?

No.

It says "page not found"

EDIT: it takes a while to get to "page not found"...it just times out.

Windows XP Pro

Here is my error.log file:

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[Mon Jul 07 12:44:07 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:07 2008] [notice] Server built: Jun 14 2008 19:02:12
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:07 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 656
Apache server shutdown initiated...
Child 656: Child process is running
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:09 2008] [notice] Child 656: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:09 2008] [notice] Child 656: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:09 2008] [notice] Child 656: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Mon Jul 07 12:44:09 2008] [notice] Child 656: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:00 2008] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:00 2008] [notice] Child 656: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:00 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:00 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:01 2008] [notice] Child 656: Released the start mutex
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:02 2008] [notice] Child 656: All worker threads have exited.
[Mon Jul 07 12:49:08 2008] [notice] Child 656: Child process is exiting
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:36 2008] [warn] pid file C:/xampplite/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:37 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:37 2008] [notice] Server built: Jun 14 2008 19:02:12
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:37 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3516
Apache server shutdown initiated...
Child 3516: Child process is running
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:38 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:38 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:38 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Mon Jul 07 13:43:38 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 87)The parameter is incorrect.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 87)The parameter is incorrect.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 87)The parameter is incorrect.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3516: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:19 2008] [warn] (OS 87)The parameter is incorrect.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:20 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Released the start mutex
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:21 2008] [notice] Child 3516: All worker threads have exited.
[Mon Jul 07 14:13:26 2008] [notice] Child 3516: Child process is exiting
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:30 2008] [warn] pid file C:/xampplite/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:32 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:32 2008] [notice] Server built: Jun 14 2008 19:02:12
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:32 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3512
Apache server shutdown initiated...
Child 3512: Child process is running
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:34 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:34 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:34 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Mon Jul 07 17:32:34 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:58 2008] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:58 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:58 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:58 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:58 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 3512: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 17:33:59 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Released the start mutex
[Mon Jul 07 17:34:00 2008] [notice] Child 3512: All worker threads have exited.
[Mon Jul 07 17:34:05 2008] [notice] Child 3512: Child process is exiting
[Mon Jul 07 17:34:05 2008] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:45 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:45 2008] [notice] Server built: Jun 14 2008 19:02:12
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:46 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1096
Apache server shutdown initiated...
Child 1096: Child process is running
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:50 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:50 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:50 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Mon Jul 07 18:10:50 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.  : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 1096: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:13 2008] [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.  : Child 1096: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:14 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Released the start mutex
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:15 2008] [notice] Child 1096: All worker threads have exited.
[Mon Jul 07 18:14:20 2008] [notice] Child 1096: Child process is exiting
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:03 2008] [warn] pid file C:/xampplite/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:11 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:11 2008] [notice] Server built: Jun 14 2008 19:02:12
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:11 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3960
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:13 2008] [notice] Child 3960: Child process is running
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:13 2008] [notice] Child 3960: Acquired the start mutex.
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:13 2008] [notice] Child 3960: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:13 2008] [notice] Child 3960: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Mon Jul 07 18:31:13 2008] [notice] Child 3960: Starting thread to listen on port 80.


it works!

what did that do?!

Thank you!

Hi. I am having this same problem. Apache won't start. If I try to start from the bat file it says it can't start. Using the control panel doesn't work either. I have tried changing the time zone and also adding the line to the .conf file as you suggest in this topic (above). Any other ideas?

OK, I've solved the problem. Skype was occupying Port 80 so I just unchecked the option in Skype which allows use of this port.