The service could not bind instance 1. - Peter's Software House

The service could not bind instance 1.

If you get the the following error in your EventLog:

The service could not bind instance 1. The data is the error code.
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at:

Here is also a screenshot of what the error looks like:

Then there is some other application hogging port 80 or 443 (if you are using SSL).  In my case it was Skype.  So I just went into the Tools\Options\Connection in Skype and unticked the 'Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections' option.

Published Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:24 AM by Pieter
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# re: The service could not bind instance 1.

Thank you very much, you saved my day!

Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:03 AM by labilbe

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