I spent the better part of 5 hours wrestling with Windows Vista, finally beating it into submission to allow Uniform Server to run.

 

 

 

I am using Uniform Server 3.5

 

My issue was that Start_Server would appear to be successful, mounting the W:\ drive and launching the redirect.html page. However, by the time it redirected, the W:\ drive would have unmounted and left me scratching my head.

 

I followed the suggestions on the problems wiki page to try:

netstat -ano | find "LISTENING" | find "80"

my result?

 TCP	0.0.0.0:80			 0.0.0.0:0			  LISTENING	   4
 TCP	[::]:80				[::]:0				 LISTENING	   4

 

 

I tried the running process lookup suggested for XP, but Vista did not like the filter used:

tasklist /SVC /fi "PID 4"
ERROR: The search filter cannot be recognized.

 

Altering this, I used:

tasklist /SVC

to get:

Image Name					 PID Services
========================= ======== ============================================
System Idle Process			  0 N/A
System						   4 N/A
smss.exe					   484 N/A
csrss.exe					  616 N/A
wininit.exe					668 N/A
csrss.exe					  688 N/A
services.exe				   724 N/A
lsass.exe					  740 KeyIso, SamSs
lsm.exe						748 N/A
winlogon.exe				   836 N/A


...etc.

 

So, this PID of 4 is a System process. It is some sort of System process locking port 80. I turned off IIS completely, so that was not it. Google searches suggested Skype, but I do not have Skype installed.

 

The culprit? A Windows service called "World Wide Web Publishing Service"

 

Go to control panel, open up the System and Maintenance item, then Administrative Tools, then Services. I clicked through a number that looked like they may be web related, and tested the netstat command after each one. Sure enough, after turning this service off, I was able to rock 'n roll. I flipped it on / off a few times to be sure, and it does seem to be my own little culprit.

 

EDIT: Also, turning off MS-SQL's Reporting Services is necessary as well, as I learned after a reboot.

 

 

Just thought I would leave this info for anyone else noticing that they can't get Apache to listen on 0.0.0.0:80 due to a System PID claiming it.

Thanks

This is very helpful information. Thanks.

 

However, I am still having issues running US4 Mona... Apache unable to start due to port 80 is being used. I know full well that I don't run IIS, Skype or any other apps that would used port 80.

 

For now I am staying with 3.5 and has been for over 8 m without any issues.

 

I was wondering if anyone here have solutions on running Mona on Vista Ultimate 64x? Thanks again.

 

 

Uniform Server ROCK!!

Many thanks to the developers for the hard work.

This is very helpful information. Thanks.

 

However, I am still having issues running US4 Mona... Apache unable to start due to port 80 is being used. I know full well that I don't run IIS, Skype or any other apps that would used port 80.

 

For now I am staying with 3.5 and has been for over 8 m without any issues.

 

I was wondering if anyone here have solutions on running Mona on Vista Ultimate 64x? Thanks again.

Uniform Server ROCK!!

Many thanks to the developers for the hard work.

 

 

Got this issues solved by installing .exe version. Not sure what causes it but it work.