> Problem solved !!
>
> Finally i was able to solve my problem..... the drivers for my new HP
> All-in-one (C6180) where messing things up.
> I uninstalled the HP stuff, rebooted my PC, had the firewall and virusscan
> temp. switched off (with disconnected DSL cable) and the installation ran
> perfectly.
>
> After that, reboot, virusscan and firewall enabled, DSL cable connected,
> reïnstalled the HP drivers and still everything seems to be working fine.
>
> It seems to be a common problem with the new HP all-in-one drivers and
> Windows XP x64 / Windows 2003, because HP installs its own 'garbage.
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> I suspect you'll need to contact Autodesk directly. I don't have enough
>> information and knowledge about what it's doing and why you're seeing the
>> problem.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64>>
>> "arienver[ at ]Hetemeel.com" <arienverHetemeelcom[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:110E2A78-08A8-4991-9AB5-73B91C8EEE88[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > No ISS install is required, Autodesk comes with its own webserver.
>> > Shutting down the firewall does NOT work, so i tried to make an
>> > exception
>> > for port 80 in the firewall settings, named 'default web server' at
>> > port
>> > 80
>> > of course.
>> > Result in both cases the same.
>> >
>> > I have read somewhere on the internet that XP x64 and Win 2003 share a
>> > lot
>> > of the same 'technologie' and that port 80 is disabled by default.
>> >
>> > Also there seems to be a 'copy' of several settings for both the 32 bit
>> > and
>> > the 64 bit environment, could it be i need to change more settings in
>> > both
>> > 'environments'?
>> >
>> > I do have another firewall on my DSL router, but this one has port 80
>> > enabled (and other computers that share the same router have NO port 80
>> > problems...), so this one won't be the bottleneck i suppose.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Windows Firewall (or a third party firewall) has likely captured port
>> >> 80
>> >> to
>> >> protect you. If this autodesk program needs port 80, does it install
>> >> its
>> >> own
>> >> web server there? Or does it expect you to install IIS first?
>> >>
>> >> You can try disabling the Windows Firewall Service in the Services
>> >> applet
>> >> in
>> >> order to get it installed. That's a bit extreme, and you certainly
>> >> wouldn't
>> >> want to run that way permanently. Alternately, you can try configuring
>> >> the
>> >> Windows Firewall to have a Web Server on the local machine. That
>> >> should
>> >> tell
>> >> it to let go of port 80.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Charlie.
>> >>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64>> >>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "arienver[ at ]Hetemeel.com"
>> >> <arienverHetemeelcom[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
>> >> wrote in message
>> >> news:3C765B82-F6B2-45BA-A05C-DCD08F7E88CD[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> >I need to install Autodesk Inventor 2008, but when installing i get a
>> >> >message
>> >> > that port 80 is in use, but when checking with netstat -ano, i found
>> >> > no
>> >> > service using port 80.
>> >> >
>> >> > How do i open port 80 in XP x64?
>> >>
>>