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upon clicking the red x next to apache, the following error message pops up:

c:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe is not a valid win32 application.

Note: I don't know the first thing about administration of anything.

My system is XP Professional.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=70069#p240055

Clicking on the 'X' is attempting to start as a Windows service. I recommend getting the components to work manually first before attempting to start them as services.

XAMPP 1.8.3 is not supported for Windows XP
use XAMPP 1.8.2 instead