Question : was 5.1.2 admin console not opening on Win 2000 Professional

Hi Folks,
I got the following error when starting the server was 5.1.2 on win 2000 professional. However i edited the serverindex.xml and changed the port no from 8880 to 8885 and then the server started successfully without errors. But when i type http://localhost:9090/admin, the console doesnt open up.

Any ideas on this is greatly appreciated. Also when i click the admin console link in the " First Steps" , nothing opens up. Do you think i need to change the admin port no too?

ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file C:\Program
           Files\WebSphere\AppServer\logs\server1\startServer.log
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1
ADMU3028I: Conflict detected on port 8880.  Likely causes: a) An instance of
           the server server1 is already running  b) some other process is
           using port 8880
ADMU3027E: An instance of the server may already be running: server1
ADMU0111E: Program exiting with error:
           com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMU3027E: An
           instance of the server may already be running: server1
ADMU0211I: Error details may be seen in the file: C:\Program
           Files\WebSphere\AppServer\logs\server1\startServer.log
ADMU1211I: To obtain a full trace of the failure, use the -trace option.

Thanks
sk.

Answer : was 5.1.2 admin console not opening on Win 2000 Professional

My bad ... I was thinking 4.x ... I don't think there's a separate admin service for 5.x.  I might suggest reinstalling your WAS.  Uninstall, wipe, check your services file (c:\windows\etc\services) for that port.

I think in 5.x the admin service is just a separate application.