[fix] IIS Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred - Skype on Port 80

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• Thanks, this one brought the light to my momentary darkness... Only that I had to quit Skype in order to bring my website back to life. Also, in my version of Skype the Connection is reached this way:
  
  
  
  Tools->Options->Connection
  
  
  
  Great!
  

• Skype was the culprit here, too. Thanks for posting the solution.
  

• thx took sometime to figure out this was the pain.
  
  
  
  

• wah~~.... really s**k the skype... leeching the port.. but y previous i start skype and run IIS 5.0 got no problem?? only today just can't run the IIS only why huh???
  

• Many thanks, this solved my problem.
  

• Thanks for this solution - had been causing me problems for a while.
  

• Thanks man, this solved my problem. All this while, i 've been running both skype and iis without problems, except 4 2day. How did u figure it out?
  

• Excellent solution.. Short and to the point.
  

• yeah! thanks alot . . it was skype that was hogging the port for me too, damn i wasted about 2 hours trying to find the problem!!!!!! was getting a different error from my application.
  

• Straight to the point, thanks
  

• great fix. Unloaded and loaded IIStwice before I found this solution. It works great
  Thanks
  Julian
  

• THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
  

• Great! thanks. i've been on it for two days.
  

• Jon,
  
  Many thanks
  
  Cheers,
  Paul
  

• Hi
  
  I have unchecked that option in Skype but the same error problem persist. I am on MS XP Pro. what should i do next. please help.
  

• THX so much it worked for me... and solved this bloody problem...
  

• Well ... thanks! You are a great man :) Skype was the problem.
  

• Go figure - damn skype - thanks Jon. Paul from New Zealand.
  

• Thanks, jon.
  Another fix
  

• Sweet, thanks for the solution this has been on and off for a while.
  
  Mark Bryden
  

• thanks Jon!! Just had this issue and you turned up in Google.
  Damn skype!
  

• Thanks, that was it.
  

• Many thanks, got it! :)
  
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• I have suddenly started to have this problem, but when I use TCPView to look at the various ports in use, no port 80.
  
  Is there anything else that might be going on to suddenly, as in just yesterday, stop IIS from running locally on my Windows XP Pro laptop? Thanks for any advice in advance.
  

• Nice one, Skype! I just wasted half a day trying to sort this out, including reinstalling IIS a couple of times
  A smelly poo sandwich to Skype
  ώ
  

• Nice site you have!
  

• i have no skype. but still getting this error.
  

• Nice tip. Worked for me. Thank you.
  

• I have to add my thanks to the growing list of appreciating developers and readers. This was most confusing until finding your blog. Thanks!
  

• Saved me a LOT of time and effort. Thanks for the tip.
  

• thanks yet again - is there an option in Skype to get round this?
  

• Thanks! you solve my problem!
  

• still have problem after uncheck skype port 80.
  My IIS still stopped
  Please help.
  

• This is very good solution.
  Thanks! You solved my problem!
  
  Cheers,
  

• Really heartfelt thanks.
  

• Helpful
  
  many thanks
  
  
  

• Thanks For to the point solution....Great Work....a** hole skype...
  

• I'm at herman@technicalservicesin.com
  In TCPView, I assume the number after the colon in the local address column is the Port number. If so, then Apache is using it. If Apache is a competitor of IIS, then maybe that explains why I can't restart my website in IIS. Am I barking up the right tree or not?
  

• Easy peasy! (If you know:)
  
  Thanks!
  

• Problem solved.
  
  Hurrrraaaaaayyyyyyy
  

• thanks so murch (i'm hate spype)
  

• I have unchecked the permission to use 80 in the skype and restarted. it worked fine.
  
  thanks a lot.
  

• Spot on !!! That saved me loads of time and stress :) Very usefull
  

• Thanx a lot.... Skype was my problem as well.
  

• Skype for me too, thanks a lot.
  

• great unknown trouble using skype
  resolved now
  thanks
  

• Unreal, thanks for saving me a bunch of time...
  

• ... and yet another thanks!
  

• Hi download a third party tool Fport, run it. its shows you all the ports and the applications currently using it, stop the application and start IIS.
  In my case it was PTRG serive using port 80.
  

• Thanks a lot for your tips
  

• Thanks a ton for helping me fix this problem.....
  

• Thanks for posting..it solved my problem. gotta love google...type in the error and instant results :)
  

• thanks, you are the greatest.
  

• Greatly appreciated - had to add my thanks too!
  

• Thanks. Saved me a lot of time,
  

• Thanks for your help
  
  -Jay
  

• Thanks allot dude. I have faced this problem before and did same to solve it. But this time i was trying other options, i changed port but forgot to restart skype after changing it to catch the effect. Lastly when i restarted skype and iis server both i worked well. Thanks again.
  
  

• thnx jon
  
  its work fine and freed me restarting computers.
  
  

• nice Tip it works for me
  

• Thanks! i was facing this probmen from last 4-5 days
  

• had to use the tool cports.exe to find out it was Skype using port 80
  

• Absolutely Brilliant You Are - Thanks A Lot - GOD BLESS YOU
  

• thanks a lot. worked!!
  

• I had the same problem on my machine.
  
  Thanks for the solution. This will save a lot of people time if they knew this from start.
  

• bingo ! Skype was the problem
  

• I have uninstall and renstall the IIS after that I install SQL server still I am facing the problem. Now I got the solution. I have removed my whole Skype from my PC.
  
  Thanks,
  JSaraboji.
  

• I keep getting an error message:-
  "Failed to mount Skype Databases.Possibly another instance of Skype using it."
  
  Now, I am a philistine when it comes to IT/PCs etc.But I have done the basics i.e.:- reboot,remove programme etc etc . I still have a copy of the Exe file on my docs for some reason which I can't remove. Please help?
  
  

• You can also disable using 80 as an alternative port under tools>options>advanced>connection
  

• Yup, skype was the culprit
  
  thanks for the solution
  

• Thanks..it's indeed Skype that caused problem :P
  

• Thanks. It saved lot of time.
  

• Thanks. I solved already
  

• Its the Oracle HTTP server for me ...
  Basically anything that might block port 80 should be causing this error
  

• Who the hell in ebay decided to sneek in port 80. God those guys need some IQ.
  

• possible to get iis and apache running at the same time?
  

• Thanks, f*** SkyPe
  

• thanx it works.i troubled 10 times i uninstalled IIS then installed finally i search in google & i found solution for this thanx lot budy.
  

• Thanks for the solution, it works just fine!!
  

• Thanks for the solution. It works
  

• Thanks a ton for this solution... It saved my lot of time
  

• Thanks! now I know.. It's just a skype. I was just thinking to another application using port 80. But anyways.. thanks again.
  
  Lovely solution...
  

• This saved my day
  Thanks
  

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  haha, well thanks for the help with the problem too.
  

• Thanks you very much. but my error was fixed follow 2 step:
  
  Step 1:
  Skype File-> Options -> Connection
  Uncheck Use Port 80 as an alternative for incoming connections.
  Restart default website -> if it's not OK. you perform continue step 2
  Step 2:
  Reinstall IIS. -> OK
  
  My OS is XP SP2
  

• Apache will behave like Skype. Stop it.
  

• Thanks a zillion for this !
  

• Ну зачем про такое писать то.
  

• hey,
  Thanks very much :)
  its working dear.... :)
  
  Shreeji Web Solution
  

• Thanks...it is working now.....
  

• Really worked for me, short n precise...I jus ended Skype n at once, my IIS is up n running...
  

• Thanks a lot Friend, Its Skype once again
  
  Thanks Again
  

• skype was using port # 80 and it resolves my problem
  
  Thanks
  

• To the point answer...amazed
  

• Thanks ..This simple solution helped me..
  

• Благодарю за этот пост.. По больше таких давайте!
  

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• Nice solution!!
  Skype is the only who was using Port 80
  

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