Apache 8080 Issue during wamp installation in laptop

WAMP Server - Windows, Apache,MySQL,PHP is a package that is available for free. Joomla, the most popular content management system(CMS), needs WAMP Server as the prerequisite. Various server versions get released periodically. Kindly refer documentation for WAMP server. WAMP package can be used with Windows OS. For Linux, LAMP - Linux,Apache,MySQL,PHP is used. What does WAMP stand for? W - Windows OS - Operating system A - apache - Web Server M - MySQL - Database P - PHP - Scripting language Above mentioned packages can be downloaded seperately and installed. Version compatability with Joomla release needs to be done before downloading and installing above mentioned packages. Steps for installing WAMP Server is presented below: 1) Download WAMP Server by clicking on Download tab from : http://www.wampserver.com/en/ 2) Unzip and Run the executable 3) Accept the Agreement 4) C:wamp is the default installation location. If different browse and choose it 5) Click Install 6) Choose the default browser 7) If firewall is enabled, it might ask you to unblock ports. click on unblock anf Finish 8) Launch the WAMP Server 9) Check if the server is up and running by typing: http://localhost (or) http://localhost:80 You'll get an UI view of WAMP Server 10) The Server dial icon will appear in taskbar of Desktop 11) If services are not in started state, left click and start all services. The dial will be red, become yellow on partial service startup, become white on starting all services 12) Server becomes online 13) Check if the server is up and running by typing: http://localhost (or) http://localhost:80 You'll get an UI view of WAMP Server This is a prerequisite for Installing Joomla (CMS)/Wordpress Here is an issue that I did encounter while installing WAMP Server: I installed WAMP (Windows+Apache+MySQL+PHP) software recently in my machine. I found that all the services except Apache started and worked fine. I uninstalled apache service and tried reinstalling it. I got the following error Your port 80 is actually used by : Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 Cannot install the Apache service, please stop this application and try again. Press Enter to exit... I use windows 7 OS. I did disable the IIS Service as Follows : 1) Start->Control Panel->Programs And Features 2) Click on Turn Administrative features on or off in the left side panel 3) Uncheck the Internet Information Service. I restarted the laptop. I started the wamp server. All the services worked fine without any problem