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The following page has been changed by wrowe: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/WindowsVistaPlatform The comment on the change is: bring these docs up to date with installer and apachemonitor changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === known bug - ApacheMonitor === - The taskbar icon applet ApacheMonitor, which displays a feather and the state of the - installed apache services, is known to not run on Vista yet. + Prior to 2.2.8 and 2.0.63, the taskbar icon applet ApacheMonitor, which displays a feather + and the state of the installed apache services, had issues on Vista. After the patches, + the current flavor of ApacheMonitor will confront you with a dialog to Run As Administrator + if you want to start/stop the service and need additional credentials. Sadly the icon will + shift all the way to the left when you do this, but you won't need to answer the dialog again + if you are starting and stopping multiple services, or if you will be stopping and starting + the server repeatedly. === known issue - Apache MSI doesn't create configuration files or install Apache Service === - When User Account Control (UAC) is switched on (which it is by default), running the Apache + Prior to 2.2.8 and 2.0.63, when User Account Control (UAC) is switched on (which it is by default), - MSI installer throws up various errors about creating configuration files and then complains that it + running the Apache MSI installer threw up various errors about creating configuration files and - can't install or start the Apache service. + then complained that it can't install or start the Apache service. - These issues seem to go away if UAC is turned off. After the installation has completed, UAC can be turned back + These issues went away if UAC is turned off. After the installation has completed, UAC can be - on and the Apache service can still be stopped/started. + turned back on and the Apache service can still be stopped/started. + + In the current versions, these files are installed successfully. But to modify the config + that is located in c:\program files[ (x86)]\apache software foundation\apache2.2\conf, you + will have to *really* be administrator. E.g. right click on the Command Prompt icon and + choose 'Run as Administrator', then notepad to your heart's content. === known issue - Apache Service won't install === @@ -25, +35 @@ Workarounds are to run the command prompt with administator privileges, or use the runas command to run that command line as an administrative user, or set the "Run as administrator" - flag on the Compatibility tab of the Properties of httpd.exe. + flag on the Compatibility tab of the Properties of httpd.exe. See above for notes to run + the Command Prompt as administrator. - === Vista x64 Install Notes === - - Used win32 httpd v2.2.4 and Windows Vista x64 - - To get it running on Vista x64 I switched off User Account Control, rebooted, then installed apache to c:\users\%username%\programs\apache (that means I just installed it into my homedir). - I plan on just using apache for local testing before uploading to a dedicated webserver, options at install were to not run as a service, but to listen on port 8080 when run manually. - - Installing to the default location of C:\Program Files (x86)\ resulted in the httpd.conf file not being created, as well as other errors such as apache ignoring the -f option to specify where the httpd.conf should be. - - Vista x64 has certain security requirements for programs installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\ and doesnt like programs to read/write there. Also there is less compatibility for programs not fully Vista compliant. -
