Deleting the PID file fixed the problem.<BR><BR>In your case, I think apache was hung, and there was a socket call still open on port 443, which as others have suggested, would be detected (usually) ...
Thanks a lot for the replies, they were very helpful. I'm thinking I might just leave the system alone for now. It's working which is more than I can guarantee if I start messing with it. If this wasn ...