I often try to run a program that requires ownership of a port to work properly. One of these apps is the superb open source web based newsgroup download tool called SABnzbd. Without fiddling with settings SAB requires port 8080 open and available to work.
On the odd occasion I have started up SAB to find the error message that says 8080 is in use.
Finding what app is using what port can be a little difficult at times but i founda relativly simple way of doing it with just command prompt and task manager.
Firstly fire up the command prompt
The type 'netstat -aon' and press return
You should get a nice long list of ports and process id's. Look through this list till you find the offending port number and then find the process is for that port. This is reall the process id of the application using that port.
Next start up task manager and click on the processes tab. You should see a process id section but if not add it by selecting 'select columns from the view menu. It will be the top tick box item.
Now you will be able to find the application or process using that id (it's easier to sort but the process id column here) and once found you can kill the process in the usual manor.
Nifty trick
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