WampServer

I have installed a WAMP Server on a computer with XP and Vista and both have worked very well. I have now installed a WAMP Server on a laptop with vista home premium. It appears to be working. The icon on the task bar is white, if I test port 80 for the apache service it says port 80 is actually being used by aphace/php. The service for mysql also seems to be working...

Unfortunately when I go to Localhost, pypMyAdmin or SQLiteManager the browser (ie or mozilla) says it can not connect to the local host. I have disable any anti virus or firewalls and it still won't work.

I'm getting very frustrated.

I'm thinking that something is blocking port 80 but I'm not sure what. If I list all ports being used when the WAMP Server is running no port 80 shows up in the list.

Any suggestions?????

To find which process is using the port 80, run the following command at the command prompt.

netstat -o -n -a | findstr 0.0:80

This will give you an output which shows a PID (Process ID) that uses the port 80.

Go to Task Manager > Processes, find the program that has the above PID.

Mostly Skyoe uses port 80. If you have skype installed, go to options> connection and you have an option there saying "User port 80 and ... as alternative for incoming connection."uncheck this option, exit skype and your port 80 will be freed.