Why 2 apache services running?!

[bootup05]

Hi peeps,

This is starting to bug me now so I thought I'd post and ask why this is happening.


I have an apache server running on my main rig for my site which which runs fine, no problems anywhere, I have just completed an duplicate file scan and cannot find and problems with apache, and don't remmeber installing apache more than once before uninstalling the previous version.

So, why have I got 2 httpd.exe processes running, they both begin running at startup and if I stop them both my site goes down (obviously)
BUT I can stop one of them without the site going down.

They are both under exactly the same name (httpd.exe) and they are nowhere to be found in msconfig, startup folders, any startup programs or regedit.

Any help?

BTW, I have asked a mate about his processes who also runs apache, he also has 2 apache services running, but they are listed under different processes, oh and no I don't have 2 sites running, if thats even possible

TIA

 

[void]

have you got apache running through command prompt?

 

[ns400r]

Apache is running as a service. You'll find it in the services list. HTTPD.exe if it's a new version.

Because Apache for Windows is multithreaded, it does not use a separate process for each request, as Apache does with Unix. Instead there are usually only two Apache processes running: a parent process, and a child which handles the requests. Within the child each request is handled by a separate thread.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/doc/v136/windows.html