WampServer on Windows 7 64bit
I have installed Windows 7 64bit on my laptop, and I want to install WampServer for development purposes on my machine, it should be as simple as Downlad -> Install -> GO…
But reality sucks, I install the package wampserver-2.1d for 64 bit machines, everything went fine during installation, then the wamp server icon showed up in the system tray with offline status, each time I try to put the server Online, I receive an error message that says:
Could not execute menu item (internal error) [Exception] Could not perform service action: The service has not been started.
And so I went to the services in windows to start the service from there or give it more permissions, with no use, each time I try to start the service from the services menu, I receive the following warning message:
Windows could not start the wampapache on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 1.
So I dug further in research for the subject matter, and guess what, my port 80 was being used by some service called “Microsoft-HTTPAPI 2.0″, so, Googled it and results were found in this great post which through it I managed to solve my problem, it was the damn SQL Server Reporting Services default configuration which reserved the port 80 for the service. I guess it is my fault!
Solution (the snapshots are from my SQL Server 2008 R2 version), go to:
Start menu -> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 -> Configuration Tools -> Reporting Services Configuration Manager
Now you need to change the ports number which come with the default configuration for the “Web Service URL” and “Report Manager URL” to 8080 or any port you want, 8080 works for me!
And that’s it! Enjoy your WampServer (Don’t forget to turn off IIS ;) if you have it installed)
Tags: apache, PHP, port 80, WAMP, WampServer, Windows 7, Windows 7 64bit
Thank you my friend, your post on resolving my WAMP Server issue is exactly what I needed! I experienced the same SQL Server 2008 R2 issue.
I got the same problem. Your solution worked. thumbs up!!
thank you
Glad I could help!
Hi all, i were face the problem that wampapache not working (win7) so i study and surfing internet and found the solution … plz visit this link.
http://aneeska.com/2010/09/15/debug-windows-cannot-start-the-wampapache-on-local-computer/
Hint ! Apache used port 80 and skype also, so close the skype and then start the apche.