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Hi

I have a problem about Apache starting and then it stops 1-2 seconds after.
In error.log i find this:

[Fri Apr 23 11:58:41 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:41 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:42 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:42 2010] [notice] Server built: Nov 11 2009 14:29:03
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:42 2010] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:42 2010] [crit] master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Fri Apr 23 11:58:42 2010] [notice] Parent: Forcing termination of child process 36

And I use the newest version, 1.7.3, but I can't find out how to fix this error.
Any help?

Thanks

Stop all, deinstall all, reboot
reinstall, done
you might wanna fresh install of the new version xampp

It might just be because you have an application running in the background like a remote desktop client or some windows/linux service that requires access to the net via ports 80 or 443 too. I just thought it was worth adding because someone might find this happening to them. simple solution, run the "port-check" that comes installed with the XAMPP control panel. That will tell you if there is a program blocking it, and what program it is and its location.