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I am doing a lot of work using the XAMPP stack, but every time I restart my machine, I have to manually stop IIS before I can start Apache. I can't find a service for IIS to configure not start automatically.

How can I preven IIS starting automatically?

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You have to disable two services:

  • World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)
  • IIS Admin Service (IISADMIN)

Go to Services, properties of the above mentioned services, change the start up type to "Disabled"

Enjoy.

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If you want to be able to run IIS, setting the start up type to "Manual" – and then use iisreset or a service control tool to start when required. – Richard Oct 27 '11 at 7:22
agree with Richard. you can update the type to manual so you still able to start, instead of disabling it. – Rudy Oct 27 '11 at 10:28
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Look for World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) in services.

Also you could change the default port into something that does not conflict with Apache?

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+1 for the port idea. I'll do that when I'm back to using both servers. – BradyKelly Oct 27 '11 at 10:31
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  1. Hit Windowskey-R (or click start -> run).
  2. Type in "services.msc"
  3. Double Click "World Wide Web Publishing Service" to view its properties
  4. On the first tab "General" you'll see a "Startup type" drop down box, set it to "Manual" or "Disabled".
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don't forget to also disable the admin service (see Noor's answer) – Kenny Rasschaert Oct 27 '11 at 9:23
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