[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Check the Application Event Log.

No entries are made in the application log when I attempt to start the
service.

Marc Scott

Hi.

I am running Apache2 on several Windows XP SP2 stations, usually as a service, under various Windows national versions, and have no problem.

Maybe try to run it from the command-line ?
cd to the top Apache directory, and enter :
bin\httpd -e debug

When i do that, it starts in the command window, not as a service, display a few messages about what it's loading (see below), then it stops displaying messages and just works (as a webserver I mean). I don't get startup errors of course, but maybe you'll see something in the window telling you why it doesn't start properly.
End with CTRL-C.

Maybe something else : under Unix, to be able to open a listening port below 1024, one needs root privileges. Possibly under Windows, one needs Administrator or LocalSystem privileges. When opening your command window, better be logged in as a local administrator.

André


Sample output :
C:\Apache2>bin\httpd -e debug
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module actions_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module alias_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module asis_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module auth_basic_modul
e
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module auth_digest_modu
le
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authn_default_mo
dule
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authn_file_modul
e
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authz_default_mo
dule
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authz_groupfile_
module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authz_host_modul
e
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module authz_user_modul
e
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module autoindex_module

[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module cgi_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module dav_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module dav_fs_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module dir_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module env_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module imagemap_module [Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module include_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module isapi_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module log_config_modul
e
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module mime_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module negotiation_modu
le
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module rewrite_module [Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module setenvif_module [Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module userdir_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module jk_module
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(328): loaded file C:/Perl/bin/perl58
.dll
[Tue Jun 03 00:02:34 2008] [debug] mod_so.c(246): loaded module perl_module


(now running, CTRL-C stops it)

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