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When I was installing xampp something went wrong I guess. I installed and re-installed multiple times and Apache still won't start. I on 1.7.7 and Windows XP Professional. Apache will not run. It runs for about 5 seconds then stops. I have previously had it working several days ago. I do not have Skype or anything running to affect it. Please help.

Please take a look into your \xampp\apache\logs\error.log for more information whats going on.

best wishes,
Altrea

I did that but this is what I got:

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[Tue Apr 10 18:44:13 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:13 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:22 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:22 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:25 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 5504
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:45 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:45 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:57 2012] [notice] Child 5504: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 18:44:57 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 5504: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 18:45:01 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:06 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:06 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:15 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:15 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:17 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 5496
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:34 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:34 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:49 2012] [notice] Child 5496: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 18:47:49 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 5496: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 18:48:08 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
[Tue Apr 10 18:50:27 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:50:27 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:50:50 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 18:50:50 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 18:50:55 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1176
[Tue Apr 10 18:52:10 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:52:11 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:52:19 2012] [notice] Child 1176: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 18:52:19 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 1176: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 18:52:20 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 18:57:30 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:57:30 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:58:03 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 18:58:03 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 18:58:05 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4808
[Tue Apr 10 18:59:04 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 18:59:04 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 18:59:56 2012] [notice] Child 4808: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 18:59:56 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 4808: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 18:59:57 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
[Tue Apr 10 19:24:27 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 19:24:27 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 19:25:03 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 19:25:03 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 19:25:05 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2260
[Tue Apr 10 19:26:29 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 19:26:29 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 19:27:30 2012] [notice] Child 2260: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 19:27:30 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 2260: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 19:27:32 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 21:34:07 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 21:34:07 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 21:34:50 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 21:34:50 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 21:34:54 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3300
[Tue Apr 10 21:35:07 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 21:35:07 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 21:35:15 2012] [notice] Child 3300: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 21:35:15 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 3300: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 21:35:21 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:03 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:03 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:38 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:38 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:39 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3056
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:48 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:48 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:57 2012] [notice] Child 3056: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 21:47:57 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 3056: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 21:48:10 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:16 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:17 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:30 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:30 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:34 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4936
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:40 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:40 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:45 2012] [notice] Child 4936: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:45 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 4936: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 22:32:45 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
[Tue Apr 10 22:36:17 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 22:36:17 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 22:37:11 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 22:37:11 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 22:37:14 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4128
[Tue Apr 10 22:39:08 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 22:39:08 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 22:39:47 2012] [notice] Child 4128: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 22:39:47 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 4128: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 22:39:47 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 23:36:47 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:36:47 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:01 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:01 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:01 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 5348
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:08 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:08 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:12 2012] [notice] Child 5348: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:12 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 5348: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:12 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:38 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:38 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:45 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:45 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:46 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4604
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:54 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:54 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:58 2012] [notice] Child 4604: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:58 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 4604: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 23:37:58 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:26 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:26 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:29 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:29 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:30 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2888
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:34 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:34 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:37 2012] [notice] Child 2888: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:37 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 2888: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 23:41:37 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Tue Apr 10 23:47:35 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:47:35 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:47:40 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Apr 10 23:47:40 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Tue Apr 10 23:47:43 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 5884
[Tue Apr 10 23:48:00 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Apr 10 23:48:00 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Apr 10 23:48:05 2012] [notice] Child 5884: Child process is running
[Tue Apr 10 23:48:05 2012] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied.  : Child 5884: setup_inherited_listeners(), WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
[Tue Apr 10 23:48:05 2012] [crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.
[Wed Apr 11 16:51:21 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Wed Apr 11 16:51:21 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Wed Apr 11 16:52:42 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Apr 11 16:52:42 2012] [notice] Server built: Sep 10 2011 11:34:11
[Wed Apr 11 16:52:42 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4776


Anything look wrong???

Based on the error message in your log, could you try the suggested fix here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8741 ... amp-server