Hey, so I've come a cross a new problem that I've been trying to solve for the past 2 days using various methods I myself came up with or that I googled. Basically when I try to start apache I get a massive error log on 20 MB filled with the beneath Error: [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : Child 3600: Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive. My Sys Specs along with other stuff: - Win Xp 64 bit with SP 2. - AVG Internet Security 9 - No VoIP applications installed. - Had had apache and wamp package up and running on this system many times before with no glitches. This is what I've tried so far: - Disabling/uninstalling Firewall/antivirus. - Restored TCP/IP windows services. - Tried winSockXP Fix. - Checked netstat for applications using the :80 port (none found except httpd.exe as shown in the netstat info below) - Tried changing apache listening ports (no success). - Tried 2 earlier versions of apache ( same error). - Restored system registry ( no affect) - Win32DisableAcceptEx in httpd.conf Win32DisableAcceptEx produced a new error: [notice] Disabled use of AcceptEx() WinSock2 API [notice] Child 2968: Child process is running [notice] Child 2968: Acquired the start mutex. [notice] Child 2968: Starting 64 worker threads. [notice] Child 2968: Listening on port 80. [error] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : Too many errors in select loop. Child process exiting. [notice] Child 2968: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending. ------------------------------------------------------------ Checked the System log files; found nothing interesting a part from this maybe: ¤ WinHttpAutoProxySvc: The WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service suspended operation. ¤ TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts. Below Netstat results: #### Netstat before I turn on wamp: Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 712 TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 TCP 0.0.0.0:1025 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 448 TCP 127.0.0.1:1029 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2524 TCP 127.0.0.1:1183 127.0.0.1:1184 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1184 127.0.0.1:1183 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1185 127.0.0.1:1186 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1186 127.0.0.1:1185 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:10110 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2044 TCP 192.168.0.193:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 UDP 0.0.0.0:445 *:* 4 UDP 0.0.0.0:500 *:* 448 UDP 0.0.0.0:1027 *:* 2044 UDP 0.0.0.0:1049 *:* 2780 UDP 0.0.0.0:4500 *:* 448 UDP 0.0.0.0:9303 *:* 4 UDP 127.0.0.1:123 *:* 860 UDP 127.0.0.1:1051 *:* 2780 UDP 127.0.0.1:1900 *:* 860 UDP 192.168.0.193:123 *:* 860 UDP 192.168.0.193:137 *:* 4 UDP 192.168.0.193:138 *:* 4 UDP 192.168.0.193:1900 *:* 860 ---------------------------------------------------------------- #### Netstat after wamp is on: ( PID 4060 is httpd.exe *32) Active Connections ProtoLocal Address Foreign Address State PID TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4060 TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 712 TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 TCP 0.0.0.0:1025 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 448 TCP 0.0.0.0:3306 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2896 TCP 127.0.0.1:1029 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2524 TCP 127.0.0.1:1183 127.0.0.1:1184 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1184 127.0.0.1:1183 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1185 127.0.0.1:1186 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:1186 127.0.0.1:1185 ESTABLISHED 3696 TCP 127.0.0.1:10110 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2044 TCP 192.168.0.193:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 UDP 0.0.0.0:445 *:* 4 UDP 0.0.0.0:500 *:* 448 UDP 0.0.0.0:1027 *:* 2044 UDP 0.0.0.0:1049 *:* 2780 UDP 0.0.0.0:4500 *:* 448 UDP 0.0.0.0:9303 *:* 4 UDP 127.0.0.1:123 *:* 860 UDP 127.0.0.1:1051 *:* 2780 UDP 127.0.0.1:1900 *:* 860 UDP 192.168.0.193:123 *:* 860 UDP 192.168.0.193:137 *:* 4 UDP 192.168.0.193:138 *:* 4 UDP 192.168.0.193:1900 *:* 860 -------------------------------------- So I'm quite stuck now, any ideas on what to try next ?