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Cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another service is listening to TCP port 8880 or 8443.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect to the server via RDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the process ID from the service listening to ports 8880 or 8443:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

netstat -aon | findstr -i “:8880 :8443” | find “LISTENING”
TCP 0.0.0.0:8880 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2476<\/strong>
TCP 0.0.0.0:8443 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 2476<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obtain more details with the PID:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

tasklist \/fi “PID eq 2476<\/strong>“
Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
httpd.exe 2476<\/strong> Services 0 16.708 K<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kill the process: taskkill \/F \/PID 2476<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start plesk control panel in IIS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cause Another service is listening to TCP port 8880 or 8443. 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