i made changes in two files httpd that u have mentioned and one more file extra/httpd-ssl for 8080 so my apache started.
but i am unable to open
http://localhost:8080/it says
Bad request!
Your browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 400
localhost
9/18/2009 7:04:48 PM
Apache/2.2.12 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.12 OpenSSL/0.9.8k mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.0 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0
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here is the port info
XAMPP PortCheck v1.4 by (c) 2009 Carsten Wiedmann (FreeBSD License)
Send bug reports to the author at <carsten_sttgt@gmx.de>,
or go to the XAMPP homepage at
http://www.apachefriends.org/.
This script uses openport.exe:
Copyright (C) 2005 Diamond Computer Systems Pty. Ltd.
Official website:
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/Please wait a moment...
RESULT
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Service Port Status
==============================================================================
Apache (HTTP) 80 C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
Apache (WebDAV) 81 C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
Apache (HTTPS) 443 C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
MySQL 3306 C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
FileZilla (FTP) 21 C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
FileZilla (Admin) 14147 free
Mercury (SMTP) 25 C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
Mercury (POP3) 110 free
Mercury (IMAP) 143 free
Mercury (HTTP) 2224 free
Mercury (Finger) 79 free
Mercury (PH) 105 free
Mercury (PopPass) 106 free
Tomcat (AJP/1.3) 8009 free
Tomcat (HTTP) 8080 C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
Press <Return> to continue.
thanks helping me