asher -
The path thing only matters to locating executables from the command line, or with a system call.
I have looked at several of my XAMPP installs and none of them have 'two start messages' in the Apache log.
this is what a clean session on a 'clane new' XAMMP install looks like
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:39 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:39 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:40 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
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:40 2010] [notice] Server built: Nov 11 2009 14:29:03
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:40 2010] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4108
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:42 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:42 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:43 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Child process is running
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:43 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:43 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:43 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Tue Nov 02 12:47:43 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:17 2010] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:17 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:18 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Released the start mutex
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:19 2010] [notice] Child 4108: All worker threads have exited.
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:19 2010] [notice] Child 4108: Child process is exiting
[Tue Nov 02 13:33:20 2010] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
So there is something funky going on (that's why I previously asked about the two sets of start actions...)
Question - you installed XAMPP and made NO modifications or additions, right?
Is there a reason for choosing XAMPP 1.7.2 instead of current version?
you installed into c:\xampp?
you installed as an adminstrator, right?
LOL - just covering all the bases -
WHOOPS - glad I did that,
you may also need to remove the IPv6 loopback
::1 localhost
or disable IPv6
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/0 ... -in-vista/That's why we have two start messages! listening on two interface addresses (jemandem die Daumen drücken)