XAMPP Stopping

[PaulL]

Just installed XAMPP Version 1.8.2
Got the following messages on starting up Apache:

3:35:34 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
3:35:35 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
3:35:35 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 1.8.2
3:35:35 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
3:35:35 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
3:35:35 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
3:35:35 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
3:35:35 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
3:35:35 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
3:35:35 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
3:35:37 PM [main] All prerequisites found
3:35:37 PM [main] Initializing Modules
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
3:35:37 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Problem detected!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
3:35:37 PM [Apache] You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
3:35:37 PM [Apache] or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port

So I attempted to change port 80 to 81 and 443 to 444 in the config files. It started to run but as soon as I launched a Joomla page against it, I got
4:51:12 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
4:51:13 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
4:51:13 PM [Apache] Status change detected: stopped
4:51:13 PM [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
4:51:13 PM [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
4:51:13 PM [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
4:51:13 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
4:51:13 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
4:51:13 PM [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
4:51:13 PM [Apache] entire log window on the forums

I don't really know what to do or if what I did was valid.

Thanks for the assistance.

[Altrea]

please execute the \xampp\apache_start.bat file in your windows command line and post the response here.

[hackattack142]

Hello,

Also, if it crashed while running, there should be some error in your Apache error log (/xampp/apache/logs/error.log).