Apache HTTP Won’t Start Because Port 80 is Being Used?

Try uninstalling Web Deploy 2.0.  I’ve had IIS and Apache running smoothly for months on a new machine, and suddenly after installing SQL Server 2008 R2 and some Silverlight (yuck) tools to maintain an existing app, Apache reported that port 80 was already taken by “Microsoft HTTPAPI/2.0”.  I think it snuck in, along with an unwanted […]

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When your app hits a snag, how do you treat your users?

I really don’t mind being patient with Google+ site errors, but I really would prefer an accurate error message to being given a list of all the things it *could* be. But let’s talk about our own websites, and how they could work better when errors pop up.  You should ensure that your users are […]

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