Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Installing Apache2.2 on Windows7 & Stolen Ports

I installed Apache2.2 on my Windows7 machine, only to find that once installed, the Apache wouldn't start. It turns out that Skype, by default, uses ports 80 & 443, which Apache prefers to use. However, there's an easy fix. Simply open Skype, and select Tools => Options => Advanced => Connection, and uncheck 'Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections', and restart Skype. Now Apache should have the ports that it likes, and you can tell all your "friends" about it.