Thanks for the tip. I'm having some issues getting the syntax correct however. Here's the format that I'm using. >apahe2 -k start Kris -----Original Message----- From: jslive@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:34 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Help in startup. On 10/13/06, Kris Da San Martino <kdasanmartino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm getting an error when I try starting Apache 2.0.58 on my Windows XP > box. > > The program loaded fine but when I try starting it from in services the > following message is displayed. > > "Windows could not start the Apache2 on Local Computer, for more > information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft > service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error > code 1." > > After seeing this error message I checked the Event Viewer and did find an > error in the Systems event viewer. It shows an EventID of 7024 and a > description of "The Apache2 service terminated with service-specific error > 1(0x1)." > > I did take a look in the Apache log but did not see anything that might help > in resolving my problem. Try running the httpd binary directly from the command prompt and see what turns up on the prompt and in the error log. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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