Skype & Apache conflict

I was setting up XAMPP on my Windows XP and for some reason Apache wouldn’t start using the XAMPP Control Panel.

So I tried starting Apache using the xampp/apache_start.bat.  That’s were I saw the problem.  Apache server is giving me this error:

“(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port)
is normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs”

I tried running netstat -b, to check what program is currently using port 80, but I couldn’t find it exactly.  Anyway, it only indicated Yahoo and Skype having outside connections.

So I decided to isolate the problem by turning off the programs one at a time.  On first try I closed Skype and tried running apache again and it worked.

This only shows that skype is using port 80 for some reason to connect to the outside world knowing most likely that this port is open for most firewalls.

So to confirm the theory, I started skype again and tried to start apache and as expected, it failed to start.

So there, there must be some way for them to work together, but as for me, I’d rather close skype until I need to use it, I don’t like some program acting like a webserver and doesn’t ask for my permission to do so.