[thelist] trouble starting Apache locally

[kasimir-k]

Bruce Gilbert scribeva in 2008-03-30 19:07:
> I get a busy msg. in the XAMPP control panel and Apache doesn't start.

One very likely reason is that Apache is unable to start listening on 
port 80, and a very likely reason for that is Skype, which will use port 
80 if it's available. You can either:
a: quit skype, start apache, start skype
or
b: tell Skype (or Apache for that matter) to use another port

If this was the reason but you need more help, this might be a good 
starting point:
http://google.com/search?q=xampp+skype+port+80


.k