Solved NT Kernal + Wamp Problem

Ok im running vista (Duh?) and i need to put up a wamp server, but i can't cause this NT Kernal thingy is taking port 80 and i can't figure out how to change the Wamp port from 80 to something else.

How i came to know its this, i used run, Cmd, netstat -oa, Look for port 80 and checked what the PID was, started task manager, showed the PID and said this was taking the port.

So my questions are, what does Nt kernal do?
And if its not an important program how can i disable it?

Hi Charlie21,

The NTkernel is the core of a Windows operating system, the core that provides everything you see and do on the operating system.

I have the feeling the problem your having with wamp server is caused by its request to open a port using an API call restricted to administrators...Try right-clicking the file and going "Run As Admin" and it should solve the issue if it doesn't then make sure mysql or Apache are not configured to use port 80 already

Let me know the result

Steven

I always run most things as admins so i don't screw up the first time, and this is true for wamp, i ran it as an admin, still nothing.

As for the Mysql, no so far the only thing that has been on port 80 for me has been Nt kernel thingy, i checked.

And i don't have apache up because its not needed for what im trying to do.

Heres the error i get from wamp- could not excute menu item (internal error)
[Exception] could nor preform service action: the service has not been started

I googled it first and it said its from soemthing listening or running on port 80.

I went deeper and deeper into it and i found out it was IIS or something ruining it! so any help on that problem?



EDIT- Ok i fixed it, i figured out it was IIS changed the port, and it changed the NT kernal port, and now wamp can be running.

Thanks Dmex