If you use Skype, go into the Tools-Options-Advanced-Connection panel and deselect the 'Use 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections' option. Important Note Regarding XAMPP and Skype: Apache and Skype both use port 80 as an alternative for incoming connections. Downloads are available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris. The latest version of XAMPP is available at the XAMPP web site.
This allows you to create the environment you need to run Joomla! on your local machine.
XAMPP is an easy-to-install package that bundles the Apache web server, PHP, XDEBUG, and the MySQL database.
