I reported earlier that I already read that Xampp, the popular package for webdevelopers to program and test their apps offline, will not work flawlessly on Windows 7. Out of pure curiosity I installed it anyways, and indeed I have the problem described in this post.
It comes down to this: http.sys snags port 80, which Apache needs to run and so whenever you select Start service from the Xampp control panel it gets “booted out” by a windows service. HANDY… Microsoft just loves their IIS, of which I have just many stories of glory to share /sarcasm. Competition much?
There’s a couple of things you can do, apparently:
- Run Xampp as service. Not an option for me as I’m already fed up with so many programs starting up without me needing them. I decide when I want to run localhost.
- Hackzor the registry. Not attempting this at the moment, just in case I delete half my registry in a drunken stupor. Why? Because I don’t want to crash the machine or sweat peas trying to put it back until I (hopefully) am back from holidays.
- Disable BranchCache service. There IS NO SUCH service on my machine. I looked for it, it ain’t there!
- A commentator suggested disabling Windows Remote Management. Unfortunately this does not work either.
The preferred solution is actually moving Apache over to another port; namely 8080, as described here, which I have good hopes will work. Unfortunately I didn’t get very far. I ran into another “idiot proofing” solution of Microsoft in Windows 7… Program Files is read only by design. Of course there are ways to restore your permissions but by now I’m so fucking pissed off at an Operating Sytem that refuses to OPERATE because of the extensive idiot proofing and hiding of important system tools you can steamcook a vegatable on my head! Mild case of TRA, I mean IPRA: Idiot Proofing Related Anger.
And just an fyi, this couldn’t reach millions of results on google if only ‘advanced’ users were looking for the solution. The chance someone will need to edit a file in your program files directory is generally fairly high. After your dad decides to delete the entire Windows directory because “he didn’t put those files there” and you swear at him for doing so, guess what? He won’t do it again!!! lol
@Tonks: in the end even though Linux takes some more knowledge to use, you need as much knowledge of Microsoft products to de-idiot proof them so you can actually work!! Hilarious! FOF! When things calm down for me, I’m going to attempt installing Linux on an old piece o crap I still have here. Any really light weight installs?
