Getting Plex Connect fix to work with Windows Home Server

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I have installed the fix to get Plexconnect running again post Apple update. I am running my Plex server on a Windows Home Server based machine. When I run plexconnect I get the following error :
 
23:44:16 WebServer: Failed to connect to HTTPS on 0.0.0.0 port 80: [Errno 10013
] An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permis
sions
 
Someone else mentioned that IIS might be causing the issue here. If I do a netstat on port 80 I get about 8 different processes running on it. 
 
Am I right in thinking that getting PlexConnect to use a different port is the way forward? If so how do I do that?
 
 
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Just a bump...

anyone any ideas on this?

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Did you check the WIKI? If I remember correctly, f00b4r has a couple if lines on the WHS issue. Though I never needed to work with it myself.

8 processes on port 80 are definitively 8 too much... :-D

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Did you check the WIKI? If I remember correctly, f00b4r has a couple if lines on the WHS issue. Though I never needed to work with it myself.

8 processes on port 80 are definitively 8 too much... :-D

I have had a look at that just now. To be honest the solution for those who know what they are doing is beyond me. The other solution is possibly beyond me as well at the moment.

If I run netstat I get the following things.

C:\Users\Administrator>netstat -aop TCP | find "80"
  TCP    0.0.0.0:8912           Microserver:0          LISTENING       1980
  TCP    0.0.0.0:49153          Microserver:0          LISTENING       980
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8912         Microserver:49246      ESTABLISHED     1980
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8912         Microserver:49248      ESTABLISHED     1980
  TCP    127.0.0.1:49204        Microserver:65532      ESTABLISHED     2580
 
C:\Users\Administrator>
 
According to the PID the only thing on 1980 is WSS_ComputerBackupService
2580 is a DomainManager service
 
PID 980 shows 4 seperate processes 
 
DHCP, lmhosts, eventlog and homegroupprovider
 
I have looked at the IIS guide to change the port used and it has me baffled. I don't understand what the website refers to in the instructions.
 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149605
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Disable the VPN feature within WHS.

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From what I can see I don't have VPN enabled on my server

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Hi Sue

Did you manage to sort this issue out as I have the same problem...

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No - can't get things to work.

:(

Resorted to running PMS on my desktop machine (an iMac) which is OK but presents different issues.

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From the Wiki in regards to WHS:-

1.Go to IIS Manager, under ‘sites’ make sure there are no sites running on port 80.
2.Go to Windows Firewall and create a new ‘Inbound Rule’ for python.exe to allow it access to the internet.

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From the Wiki in regards to WHS:-

1.Go to IIS Manager, under 'sites' make sure there are no sites running on port 80.
2.Go to Windows Firewall and create a new 'Inbound Rule' for python.exe to allow it access to the internet.

Did both of those already and no luck.

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Try restarting the WHS, which will clear the ports and hopefully allow you time to start plexconnect before other services start on that port...

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