'WinError 10013' running Django on Windows

Question

It has been almost a month since I got this problem, and I really appreciate your help. While trying to login in my Django Web App, i encounter OSError at /accounts/login/.I am able to login in 127.0.0.1:8000/admin, but not in the /accounts/login which produces the Error Code:

OSError at /accounts/login/
[WinError 10013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions

Request Method: POST
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/login/
Django Version: 1.11.1
Exception Type: OSError
Exception Value:    
[WinError 10013] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions
Exception Location: C:\Python35-32\lib\socket.py in create_connection, line 702
Python Executable:  C:\Python35-32\myvenv_python3\Scripts\python.exe
Python Version: 3.5.2
Python Path:    
['C:\\Users\\Kaleab\\Desktop\\ecomstore',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib\\site-packages\\sqlalchemy-1.1.7-py3.5-win32.egg',
 'C:\\Python27',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\myvenv_python3\\Lib\\site-packages',
 'C:\\Python35-32',
 'C:\\Users\\Kaleab\\Desktop\\ecomstore',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\myvenv_python3\\Scripts\\python35.zip',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\DLLs',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\myvenv_python3\\Scripts',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib\\site-packages',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib\\site-packages\\win32',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib',
 'C:\\Python35-32\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin']
 

Possible Causes and Solutions

1. Cause: Socket access needs administrative privilege. Attempted Solution: • Granted Administrator access to python.exe by navigating to the virtual environment. • Navigate to CMD.exe , right click , properties, grant administrator privilege.

2. Cause: Port can be already used by another program. Attempted Solution: Checked the ports using TCPView windows program and see that the port 8000 is not used by another program.

3. Cause: Socket access blocked by Firewall and Antivirus. Attempted Solution: When I tried disabling Firewall and Antivirus, I get another error ConnectionRefusedError at accounts/login/ [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

4. Cause: Winsock has malfunctioned. Attempted Solution: Tried and successfully reset winsock, but this did not solve it either.

Answer 1

I will take running the server with different port as the answer, although I am not able to see port 8000 is used in stackoverflow suggested commands. Use: python manage.py runserver 8080.

Answer 2

Changing the port worked for me, I was trying to run the django server. Its not a firewall issue just type port in front of your command

python manage.py runserver 7000