WAMP Server V 2.5 icon is orange,does not respond and no menu
I had also that problem, there might be another program running on the same ports, I know skype can be difficult to run with wamp and xammp servers.
Check out if something else is running on same ports and turn skype off = the fix :))
edit: netstat -a -b will show all listening ports and the executable name If you prefer a graphical version, Microsoft's TCPView will show you the same information, updating in real-time.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx
if you have other programmes running on the same ports you will have to change the ports of your virtual server.
I faced the same problem when running the wampserver. The icon was orange (server offline). Please find the steps I followed to get them working.
Uninstalled IIS to let apache use port 80 (DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM)
I changed the apache port from
80to8080inhttpd.confrestarting the services and it worked the icon turned green. (FIXED THE PROBLEM)
FIX without changing the port in httpd.conf
Wanted to find which service/application was using the port 80 run your command line as administrator and type
netstat -ab
Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections.
Results showed port 80 being used
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING [Can not obtain ownership information]
googling the msg helped me find the service "Web Deployment Agent Service" that was using the port. stopped the service. Updated the httpd.conf to use port 80 again.
Edit : After stopping the service, set its startup type to "Manual" to avoid the problem from reoccurring
Look here for more details : http://benohead.com/windows-port-80-already-use/
Note: I found the "Web Deployment Agent Service" from "administrative tools >> services" (It wasn't listed in taskmanager/services).
Restarted the wampserver and It worked, apache now uses port 80.
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING [httpd.exe]