Apache and Skype

I run Skype (great program). I wanted to install Apache on my local Windows box. I kept getting the error message:

Only one usage of each socket address 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.

This stops Apache running and installing itself as a service.

It turns out that Skype is the cause of the problem. It listens to port 80 (by default I guess). Quitting skype wasn't enough, I also had to kill its process manually. The way to do is to kill it from the Windows task manager (Crtl-Alt-Del).

Once Skype is killed you can setup apache as a service via "apache -k install" and it should start before Skype on boot thereafter. Skype can use other ports than the http port, although its still listening for https connections...

Not friendly, although understandable I guess in terms of getting Skype working as widely as possible.