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XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 14:45
by ericberg
Have gone through set up procedure twice and each time I get the following error message:

"Ports 80 or 443 (SSL) already in use! Installation apache 2.2 service failed" Am also unable to access "http://localhost/."

Can anybody help me please

Thanks

Eric

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 15:06
by Wiedmann
"Ports 80 or 443 (SSL) already in use!

Stop the server/program with is already using port 80 or 443.

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 15:42
by ericberg
I am new to this. How do I stop it?

Thanks

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 16:25
by Wiedmann
How do I stop it?

Depends on the server/program which is running.

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 17:13
by ericberg
So how do I find out then?

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 17:49
by Wiedmann
how do I find out then?

e.g. with netstat (+ taskmanager), tcpview (or xampp-portcheck on xp).

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 18:14
by ericberg
Ok, lets start again. Have gone through set up procedure twice and each time I get the following error message:

"Ports 80 or 443 (SSL) already in use! Installation apache 2.2 service failed"

Can you please tell me step by step what to do

Thanks

Eric

Re: XAMPP Setup

PostPosted: 04. August 2009 19:03
by Wiedmann
Can you please tell me step by step what to do

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281336