i kept on forgetting this until i reinstalled xampp. i keep receiving this error, and i am sure IIS was not installed with my windows xp installation.
Installing Apache2.2 as an Service
Installing the Apache2.2 service
The Apache2.2 service is successfully installed.
Testing httpd.conf....
Errors reported here must be corrected before the service can be started.
(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port)
is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
Now we Start Apache2.2 :)
The Apache2.2 service is starting.
The Apache2.2 service could not be started.
A service specific error occurred: 1.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3547.
Its making me insane @#$^#. And then somebody sent me a message from Skype !!!! There it goes, i remembered, Skype is using port 80, and I dont know why. Closed Skype, runned the installed again and viola! It works.
Thanks, got the same problem, already looked at several other solutions but they didn't work. This one did! Saved me a lot of time here!
Seems strange that this happends on a reinstall though. Thought Skype would already have picked another port or at least that Apache would keep on claiming the same port after the reinstall.