In the skype configuration I didn't find anything helping. There is an option to switch off port 80 for return messages from skype, but that didn#t change anything. in fact the tip from alexander helped me. Here's what he said: """" I assume you installed SP2 for XP, right? In this case, this is most probably caused by the TCP restrictions introduced with SP2. Microsoft implemented them to slow down spread rates of worms. Have a look at http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497 for more information on this topic, as well as a "workaround". Alexander"""" thanks for responding cheers mike > > You might look into your SKYPE configuration - I haven't used it myself, > but read the documentation and check out what SKYPE does to available > ports and resource usage. > > From the looks of it, Apache SEEMS to be starting an awful lot of > threads unnecessarily, but I don't know if that is the problem - if you > search your Apache logfiles, do you see these log entries anywhere else > prior to getting SKYPE installed? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx