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

Take a look at this site:

http://www.lukebrowning.com/blog/nt-kernel-system-using-port-80/

In my case, it was the SQL Server Reporting Service, but others have seen IIS or the Web Deployment Agent Service.

Open a cmd window and run services.msc, find the service, and stop it. Then try to start Apache. If it works, disable the other service.