How to solve WAMP and Skype conflict on Windows 7

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I have Windows 7  32-bit  installed on laptop   I downloaded WAMP server and installed it with it s default options   However  I noticed that Apache does not work  while MySQL does work      I tried to install it via Apache   Service   Install Service and got a message saying that port 80 is taken by Skype  I turned off Skype  and then Apache started to work   How can I avoid this conflict and allow WAMP and Skype to work simultaneously   Should I configure Apache to work with other port  Where

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I know this posting is old  but I had the same problem  WAMP would not go online  green  while SKYPE was running  I simply closed SKYPE  ran WAMP and then reloaded SKYPE  I have not verified this  but I think SKYPE port corrected to allow for WAMP settings  At least I have not experienced any problems doing it this way

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Options gt Advanced gt connections   Uncheck the option     Use port 80 and 443 as alternative

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A small update for the new Skype options window  Please follow this   Go to Tools   Options   Advanced   Connection and uncheck the box use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections

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I think it is better to change default port of Skype    Open skype  Go to Tools  Options  Connections  change the port

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Detail blog to fix this issue is   http   goo gl JXWqfJ    You can solve this problem by following two ways  A  Start your WAMP befor you login to skype  So that WAMP will take over the the port and there will be no conflict with the port number  And you are able to use Skype as well as WAMP  But this is not the permanent solution for your problem  Whenever you want to start WAMP you need to signout Skype first and than only you are able to start WAMP  Which is really i don   t like   B  Second option is to change the port of Skype itself  so that it will not conflict with WAMP  Following screen steps will help you to solve this problem  1  SignIn to Skype  2  Got to the Tools -  options 3  Select the    Advanced    -  Connection 4  Unchecked    Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections    checkbox and click save  5  Now Signout and SignIn again to skype   this change will take affect only you relogin to skype  Now every time you start WAMP will not conflict with skype

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Run Wamp services before Skype Quit Skype     Run WAMP     Run Skype

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open skype click tools and go to options click advanced option from left side click connection unchecked  Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connection

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In Skype   Go to Tools   Options   Advanced   Connections and uncheck the box use port 80 and 443 as alternative  This should help   As Salman Quader said  In the updated skype 8 x   there is no menu option to change the port  This means this answer is no longer valid

[windows-7] How to solve WAMP and Skype conflict on Windows 7?

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