exception error in starting tomcat

when i try to start tomcat 4.1.27 from dos command it gives an exception that port 8080 already in use.. i tried changing it to 8000 also but it gives the same message..
anyone got an idea how to fix this bug?
thanks
jyostana

I think your tomcat is already started as a service. So on Win startup a tomcat instance is immediatly started. So if you try to run the startup.bat you start a second instance which also tries to bind to
the configured port. So try not to start tomcat with the script but to query a sample page and you will see.

u can do ine thing too, shutdown then restart it.

I am going to move this thread to the more appropriate Tomcat Forum. Thanks
Mark