Wamp not Starting in Windows : Port 80 Skype Problem

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Last time when I wrote about How to Install wordpress locally many people reported that they have done every thing right, but wamp is not starting for them. When they click on Start all service under Wamp, nothing happens.

Even I faced the same issue initially and I reinstalled wamp , thinking I might messed up with something. Though the problem was not with Wamp, but with other other application which is blocking port 80. In my case it was Skype. For people using Skype Wamp will not work for them. Here is little trick which you can use to configure Skype and your Wamp will start working.

Open Skype and navigate to Tools> Options > Advanced > Connection

Uncheck the option which says use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connection.

After un-checking that option. Restart Skype and restart Wamp. Now try starting Wamp and let me know if it’s working for you or not.

Meanwhile along with Local wordpress Installation did you try to configure your own URL shortener service under your domain.

Have you installed wordpress on your local system and if yes, how is your experience so far?

Tagged as: skype, Wamp, Wordpress, wordpress error

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Serious Monday Roundup #14: October 27, 2009 at 15:30

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1 Chethan October 20, 2009 at 06:54: Hello Harsh! I faced similar problem! I think both skype and wamp claimed for the same port 80 and none of it was working… u made it right by changing the port number 80 to 443 in skype!

we must be cautious while editing in config pages

2 Arjun S Kumar October 20, 2009 at 07:18: Not only skype but other apps like teamviewer and lot others disturb the process of starting wamp…

Good bit of information bro about configuring skype..

3 Jitendra October 21, 2009 at 12:56: Nice Information! Harsh!

4 Rajesh Kanuri October 21, 2009 at 15:04: if IIS is configured again you will get same kind of conflict..

5 George Serradinho October 21, 2009 at 17:28: Thanks Harsh for helping me get it right. I went through multiple posts about installing Wamp and could not get it to work. After you told me the problem, it worked fine. Thanks again for your help

6 Mostlyblog October 21, 2009 at 18:31: good info harsh thanks for sharing with us.