I can run it in a command prompt I installed the latest 2.2.4-ssl on Vista business. Log file attached in a seperate email to wrowe. The following 2 command windows popped up for service install and service start:
Installing the Apache2 service (OS 5)Access is denied. : Failed to open the WinNT service manager Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. 24... [Wed May 02 16:01:13 2007] [error] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specifi ed. : No installed service named "Apache2". Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. 19... Steve Hay wrote: > I've already overcome the difficulties of *installing* apache, much as > you describe below, and I also found that if you create a batch file to > run the MSI and then run that batch file as an administrator (using the > "runas" command) then things work better. I'll add this to the Wiki > later after I've double-checked it. > > However, my problem is that the Apache service won't start. Using Apache > 1.x I had it running in a command prompt (i.e. just typing > "apache.exe"), but the service wouldn't start. Using Apache 2.2.4, I > can't start it either way so far. > > Do you actually have the server *running* on Vista, either as a service > or in a command prompt? > > > Mario Brandt wrote: >> Hello, >> >> --------------------------------- >> Installing the Apache2.2 service >> (OS 5)Access is denied. : Failed to open the WinNT service manager >> Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. >> --------------------------------- >> >> First off, the apache install tries to create the conf directories and >> subsequent conf files as the install progresses. Vista throws a fit >> and wont create the files, presum. due to permissions. If you can, >> grab the configuration files from a different install and copy >> them across. >> >> Secondly, to install as a service you can do one of two things. a) >> create a bat file with "httpd -k install" and "run as administrator" on >> this file. or b) goto the command prompt and do runas /noprofile >> /user:pcname\user "httpd >> -k install" >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> with best regards >> Mario Brandt >> >> Software Development >> NASA 3.0 GmbH >> Hongkongstraße 7 (Magdeburger Straße 17) >> 20457 Hamburg >> >> Telefon: 040-3232 4725 >> Fax: 040-3232 4747 >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Internet: www.nasa30.de >> _________________________________ >> Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB-Nr. 72104 >> Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Moe >> USt-ID-Nr. DE 201 969 926 >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2007 11:11 >> An: dev@httpd.apache.org >> Betreff: Re: Windows Vista support? >> >> >> William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >>> You would be better off annotating the appropriate bug about apache 2.2 >>> compatibility with vista and add your observations there. >> >> Steve - I'll give you another out that might be useful. >> >> Because at this point it seems to be less-than-bugs, more-than-gotchas >> to running vista (many people are, successfully) - let's start a tracking >> page at http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Platform/WindowsVista for users to >> collect observations. >
