I've spent hours researching and trying all kinds of things to get Apache running as part of Xampp, but nothing is working.
- I've turned off Skype
- Changed values in the registry
- Uninstalled IIS and IIS manager
…and still no luck.
I'm running a Windows 7 Dell laptop. When I run netstat
from command line, and look up the processes/services, I find out that System is using port 80.
I'm too afraid of ending that service, so I thought I have nothing else to do but post a question online. I've spent way too much time working on this, so hopefully someone knows what's going on.
Best Answer
I found the following link useful while in a similar situation:
http://www.lukebrowning.com/blog/nt-kernel-system-using-port-80/
In my case I had the reporting services left running and shutting it down resolved the issue.