WAMP and Skype Conflict

WAMP

October 24, 2008

I have just discovered a conflict between Skype and WampServer that I thought I would share. They both use port 80 which causes the conflict. If you run Skype before running Wamp, then Apache will not run. If you go to a site on localhost, you will probably get a blank screen.

The solution is pretty simple. Just make sure you start all services on WAMP before you open Skype. If Skype is disconnected it will work fine. You can then connect Skype once Wamp is running.

This is a known conflict and has been reported here:
http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/read.php?2,36489

Comments

Submitted by Hobbsy (not verified) on Sun, 22/03/2009 - 22:45.

I also encountered this problem a while back...

A much better solution than starting WAMP before Skype is to follow the advice on the URL you posted:

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In skype if you click "tools " then "options" and connection down the left, untick the box "use port 80 and 443 as alternative incomming ports"
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That worked for me about 6 months ago, and haven't looked back since :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:59.

Thanks for sharing ...

Submitted by jr (not verified) on Wed, 04/01/2012 - 14:28.

You rock dude :-)

Submitted by Danijel Gajan (not verified) on Mon, 20/04/2009 - 16:38.

I can confirm that Hobbsys suggestion works like a charm.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 20/01/2010 - 02:02.

thank u..u solved my prob.. =)

Submitted by Sandeep Goyal (not verified) on Wed, 21/04/2010 - 19:19.

Wow.. Trick worked for me..

THANKS

Submitted by Trevor Saint (not verified) on Thu, 24/06/2010 - 12:21.

Got fed up with this and did a google search for a fix and presto your site came up in the search. The fix works like a charm.

Nice one. Thanks.

Submitted by gabry (not verified) on Mon, 06/09/2010 - 11:19.

Nice..

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 24/11/2010 - 21:59.

Yeh I unticked it, and put 443 in the box above, then wamp works when skype is run first, gr8.

Submitted by Aamir Shahzad (not verified) on Tue, 18/01/2011 - 14:01.

Yes I unticked it, then wamp works when skype is run first, great

Submitted by Stanford Mabasa (not verified) on Sat, 19/03/2011 - 14:21.

I am currently expriencing the WAMP problem. After downloading WAMP, Appache could not run. When I typed "http://localhost", I got a blank page. I have been trying to solve this problem for the past 4 months. It is a relief to read the above comments. I am going to try the recommendations above and see if it works.

Submitted by thermo (not verified) on Tue, 29/03/2011 - 02:20.

Thanks man. This does the trick for localhost being broken with XAMPP too!

Submitted by Vasim Padhiyar (not verified) on Wed, 13/04/2011 - 09:58.

thanks working fine...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 19/06/2011 - 03:12.

Hi Hobbsy

Thanks for the idea man. It really work for me...

Cheers

Submitted by ganesh (not verified) on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 09:15.

Thanks for sharing information, I knew from other source about this conflict, but I was looking for solution to this, one of my friend said, if we change skypes port no. then also it can be solved, but your solution is simplest one.. first start wamp and then start skype.. wow.. it worked. thanks man

Submitted by Aurash (not verified) on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 15:50.

Worked. this issue was bugging me, thanks for sharing

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 15/09/2011 - 08:50.

Works like a charm, thanks befused!

Submitted by Istiaque (not verified) on Tue, 25/10/2011 - 16:04.

Great!!
Thanks..

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/11/2011 - 16:40.

thanks for the info, changing the ports on Skype worked.

10/10

Submitted by brainware (not verified) on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 05:58.

Hoho, finally I can solve this problem!! :D

Thanks a lot!

Submitted by neo (not verified) on Thu, 12/01/2012 - 23:53.

Skype Tools->Options->Advanced->Connection->UNCHECK "use port 80 and 443 as alternative incomming ports".
Works for our hosting.

Submitted by Doug (not verified) on Wed, 25/01/2012 - 16:45.

Worked like a champ... almost. If I start WAMP first, then Skype reports an I/O error and won't start. But if I remember to start Skype first (which I typically do anyway) it all works.

Thanks for the tip!