Hi All, I'm attempting to setup a simple remoting windows service and getting the following error when starting the service: "System.Net.Sockets Error: 0 : [4180] Exception in the Socket#33711845::DoBind - Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted System.Net.Sockets Verbose: 0 : [4180] ExclusiveTcpListener#4032828::Start() System.Net.Sockets Verbose: 0 : [4180] Socket#33711845::Bind(0:9998#9998) System.Net.Sockets Error: 0 : [4180] Exception in the Socket#33711845::DoBind - Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted ". In the windows service application I have the following code in the "OnStart" method - the error occurs when registering the Channel - ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(tcpPipe, true); As far as I can tell there are no other processes using port 9998 ... Your help to resolve this is most appreciated! protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { int portNumber = int.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["endPointTCPPort"]); TcpChannel tcpPipe = new TcpChannel(portNumber); ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(tcpPipe, true); Type serviceType = Type.GetType("TractionGatewayService.TractionGateway"); try { RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType(serviceType, "updateCustomerDetails", WellKnownObjectMode.SingleCall); } catch (RemotingException e) { EventLog.WriteEntry("unable to establish listening port because " + e.message; ChannelServices.UnregisterChannel(tcpPipe); } w