title: Artisan Error: Failed to listen on localhost:8000 (reason: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. )
body: <p>I'm having problem starting my laravel installation. Whenever I type in the terminal <code>php artisan serve</code>, it throws me an error like below:</p>
  
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    <p>c:\wamp\www\blog>php artisan serve Laravel development server started
    on <a href="http://localhost:8000/" rel="noreferrer">http://localhost:8000/</a></p>
    
    <p>[Sat Nov 05 21:18:39 2016] Failed to listen
    on localhost:8000 (reason: An attempt was made to access a socket in a
    way forbidden by its access permissions.)</p>
  </blockquote>