Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred

When using IIS 5.1 I got following error starting a website
"Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred"

This alert may occur due to a port conflict on the system. Port 80 is default port for HTTP communication. And there may be another application other than IIS using port 80 on same IP address.

Resolution is to either change default IP address on the IIS or to exit the other application using port 80. Applications like Skype may be a culprit as it uses port 80 and 443 as alternatives by default.

Sharing it as it might help someone else in future.
Regards,

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