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PID 4 is using PORT 80 on Windows 7 !! Help
Feb 11th
So i have been using apache to run a local server on my home computer (Well xampp exactly) , from the past few days i have been having trouble starting apache on port 80. I was wondering what could possibly be the reason for that , MySql was running fine on port 3306 but apache’s port 80 was being used by some process . So i did a netstat –ano command at the command prompt to see its output , and to my surprise PID 4 was using the port 80. To find out which Process has the ID 4 (Process ID 4) i launched the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) , went to Processes Tab and checked Show processes from all users
Well this is a screenshot after i got it working so you’ll see my httpd daemon is already running. I posted it just to make sure you guys are following me
Now after some research i found some solutions , so i am going to list them all here. But none of them worked for me , (well they might for you)
Here is one solution from the site cameroncooke.com
1) Launch RegEdit:
2) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP
3) Add a new DWORD (32-bit) value
4) Name it ‘NoRun’ not including the quotes
5) Double click the new property
6) In the Value data field type ‘1? not including quotes and click OK
7) Re-boot your computer
But obviously it didn’t work for me.
Second solution from the comments on the same post
Go to Services (search for “services” on windows start menu ) and then disable Windows Remote Management
Third solution that worked for me was to disable the Running IIS server on my computer. It is disabled by default and i have turned it on some days back for some reasons . Turning that off solved my problem. Go to Windows Start menu and search for “turn windows features on or off”
Then start the program and uncheck the Internet Information Services
Then just reboot your computer and try to start the apache (it will start ofcourse).
I hope it helps a few fellow web developers. if you are still facing trouble please ask in the comments section
Update : Sometimes SKYPE also occupies port 80. So make sure to run your apache server before you start skype
How to unlock Everything in Windows 7
Jan 4th
So how can you unlock basically everything that is in the windows control panel. The windows 7 “Everything” folder gives you the ability to have every setting at one place , be it the Action Center , Administrative Tools , Bitlocker etc. Basically it is just a folder with expanded Control Panel. Please see the screenshot below to see it in more detail
To get this folder all you have to do is the following
- Create a new folder anywhere on your hard drive
- Rename this folder Everything.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
That is it. When you open the folder you’ll see everything which inside. Please leave your comments below.
Ubuntu 9.10 WUBI installation problem , GRUB screen after updating
Dec 12th
Okay so I wanted to try Ubuntu 9.10 on my computer partially because it is so damn old to run windows 7 and partially because I wanted to give it a try. Only problem I didn’t have a Boot CD and my old computer won’t boot from a USB. So I tried WUBI and installed Ubuntu within windows. I was all set to try Ubuntu now. Ubuntu was running quite good , I had even shifted my development environment from Windows XP to Ubuntu 9.10. After running for a few days Ubuntu’s update manager notified me there are some updates, so i clicked Update and the update started. After the update it asked to Restart Computer and so i did.
After the restart when i tried to boot into Ubuntu , the GRUB screen came and i was like what do i do now ? I am a techie but i am not that into Linux so i was clueless there.
So i had to boot into Windows again , fire up Firefox and hunt the web for a solution as now i had everything in my Linux Environment.
Finally i found a solution and compiled everything at one place.
Please follow the following steps if you too got stuck at the GRUB screen in a WUBI installation after doing a Linux Kernel Update / Update to Ubuntu
- sh:grub>set root=(loop0)
- sh:grub>linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro
- sh:grub>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
- sh:grub>boot
please note /ubuntu/disks/root.disk is the location of your WUBI installation (default being C:\ubuntu)
this will enable you to boot into Ubuntu Back
After booting into Ubuntu follow these steps to not to see that GRUB screen again during starting up.
- Open Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
- Type sudo update-grub2 and click Enter, enter your administrator password and voila your GRUB list is made again. and you’ll not the GRUB screen again
I hope that helps. if you have any doubt please say in comments.
Wireless Network Name !! Nice !!
Nov 12th
What would you name your wireless network. Btw great method to broadcast message.
1st post
Nov 11th
Hello to all the readers (and would be readers of this blog).
Well this is the first post on this blog and i can’t really seem to find anything to write on .. weird huh !! i want to do blogging but do not know what to write about. You know when i decided to write i had a little conversation with my friends so one of my friends tell me
” you know why don’t you use twitter , its a great micro-blogging tool ”
and i showed them this
How twitter was formed
anyways 140 words letters is too less for me anyone
oh and here is something i wanted to show before i started to write this post .
They could say "the connection is probably lost," but it's more fun to do naive time-averaging to give you hope that if you wait around for 1,163 hours, it will finally finish.
I think its pretty funny . what do you say !!
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