WAMP Server's Apache Service Not Starting in Windows 8

Question

I have a problem starting the Apache Service in WAMP Server, when i test port 80, I get the following message on the console

Your port 80 is actually used by :
Server: Microsoft -HTTPAPI/2.0

Things i did:

used netstat -aon from the command prompt to check what is running on port 80 and i get something with a PID of 4.

This PID of 4 corresponds to a file named - ntoskrnl (NT Kernel & System) in C:\Windows\System32

How do I go about solving this issue?

Solution

I finally found out the culprit, it was the SQL Server 2012 reporting and analysis services that were using port 80.

I opened up services.msc from the command prompt, disabled both these services and WAMP Server works perfectly now with no localhost problem.

Thanks to all those who provided the answers to this question, they were right but unfortunately all the solutions presented had already been applied in my case.

Comments

[Admin]

A common error is running Skype. It too uses port 80 and won't let wamp start up.

[skywalker2909]

I had already unchecked that option in Skype before, but no luck!

[PeeHaa]

This feels like: instead of fixing it just sweep it under the carpet.

[skywalker2909]

Is there any way to fix it rather than changing or making it listen to a different port?

[skywalker2909]

Hi, IIS is unchecked by default, even the host file has only 1 entry as you specified. Any other solution?

[Anurag]

This is quite a bit of research and should help you : graftalks.blogspot.in/2012/11/…

[Anurag]

And here is one more solution that might work for you: yetmorestuff.net/index.php/2011/08/18/… Sorry I cannot test these, as I am not in Windows 8 currently.

[MoonSire]

Select this as the correct answer to show it as answered. It is the correct way of doing it here even if you don't get any rep yourself.

[skywalker2909]

Hey, thanks for reminding this , i was totally unaware of it. Thank You... :)