XAMPP PORT 80 is Busy / EasyPHP error in Apache configuration file:

Question

This problem has completely shot my entire day. I reformatted my old windows XP comp and tried installing XAMPP only to find that when i try to start Apache xampp claims por

Answer 1

Things to be done to free port 80:

1. check if skype is running, exit from skype
2. check services.msc if web deployment agent service is running
3. check if IIS is running, stop it.

Once you start apache, you can sign into skype.