Did you build with SSL support? Does the MSI file contain SSL support? I've also experienced your problem and would like to track it down.
Dave Seidel wrote: >More info: > >I just installed the official 2.0.28 msi installer, and (of course) put it >into a different directory from the one into which I installed the 2.0.28 >binary I built myself. The httpd.conf configuration is identical except for >Listen (7171 vs. 7070), the server name, and the directory locations. The >service is configured (by default) to logon as the LocalSystem account, and >the install directory has the usual "full control for everyone" permissions >as inherited from the root directory, all of which is exactly the way I had >the locally-built version configured, at least initially. > >Although the installer did *not* install the service, I did so using -k >install, then I fired up ApacheMonitor and started up the service from >there. > >IT WORKS. > >So now my question is: what is the difference between the binaries I built >and the binaries ASF built, and why? What exactly is causing the >service-based configuration to fail in my build, but not in the ASF build? >Since at least one other person has the same problem, there must be >something there. I can't reply on the ASF-supplied binary, because I'm >developing something that will require a custom-built binary. > >FYI, I did my local build using VC 6.0, using the InstallBin target in the >IDE, using all the project files as they came from the zip archive. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Seidel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:53 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: problem running 2.0.28 as Win2k service (was 2.0.18) > > >This is precisely the same as what I'm seeing, the only difference being >that I built from the 2.0.28 archive. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dwayne Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:46 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: problem running 2.0.28 as Win2k service (was 2.0.18) > > >I just compiled the latest CVS tree under Win32. Runs fine when started >as a normal user from command line. However, I see the following error >when trying to start the service as an administrator. I have installed >the service prior to this with no apparent errors (it appears in the >services manager). > >D:\Apache2>bin\apache -k start -n Apache2 >Starting the Apache2 service >[Tue Dec 11 15:32:33 2001] [crit] (23497)Overlapped I/O operation is in >progress > : Apache2: Failed to start the service process. > >There are no errors in the log files >Using net start Apache2 simply reports that service could not start > > > > > >