How to make port 80 available? Installing xampp 1.7.7 on windows 7?

Question

I'm trying to install/run xampp on windows 7 but it is failing because it says port 80 is in use. I've turned off IIS but it's still showing that port 80 is in use by a "NT Kernal & System" process. See picture.

I'm not sure what to do. I don't think I have permission to kill this system process plus it's probably a bad idea since it's related to the Kernal. This is driving me crazy. Anyone else seeing this problem?

Window 7 Enterprise, 64 bit os.

Answer 1

Also look for, and turn off, "Web Deployment Agent Service". Did the trick for me.

Answer 2

1. Go to your Windows Services Start > Run > services.msc
2. See if there is a World Wide Publishing service, right-click it to get the Properties
3. Click Stop if it is running...

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