YES! Vista can be a pain. I'm having similar challenges. It's not enough to click on the file to run the install. You have to RIGHT-click on it and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. Gave up trying to get IBM's HTTP Server running on Vista. May even consider going back to XP for a while. -----Original Message----- From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 SYSN AM 7:34 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: Windows Vista Apache 2.2.4 Install Help Installing as Administrator? michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm hoping someone out there can help me. My XP machine went down so I > had to upgrade to a new system. The new system came with Vista Premium > Pre installed. When trying to install apache_2.2.4-win32-x86-no_ssl I > keep getting 2 error messages the first one is that it can't access > winNT service manager and the other is can't setup Apache service. Has > anyone out there encountered this problem? What is the best way to fix > it? any help anyone can give would be a great help. > > > Thank You, > Michael Herron > CEO MPH Computer Systems LLC > Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > (678)468-0372 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. See 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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