Apache won't run in xampp

Question

I have just installed XAMPP and everything works fine except that I can\'t get apache to run. It seems that port 80 is the problem, I have disabled Skype to use port 80 but

Answer 1

Find out which other service uses port 80.

I have heard skype uses port 80. Check it there isn't another server or database running in the background on port 80.

Two good alternatives to xampp are wamp and easyphp. Out of that, wamp is the most user friendly and it also has a built in tool for checking if port 80 is in use and which service is currently using it.

Or disable iis. It has been known to use port 80 by default.