Can Xampp/apache coexist with Windows File Sharing?

[BJZeak]

My question is can a Windows box hosting XAMPP/Apache be used to also Host WINDOWS file Sharing?

I have been banging at this for over a week now and getting nowhere ... Win XP Pro box SP3 was setup for Developing a web site using Dreamweaver and Xampp Apache Server ... however ... this project is currently on hold ... so thought I could simply use this box for local network backup ... I added a 2 TB external FIRE/Water proof drive and set up both a folder and disk share with permissions for the local network ... however ... all attempts to map these shares results in access denied error 5 ... after exhausting all avenues of removing firewalls, permissions etc., I have turned to wireshark to look at the network traffic to hopefully reveal what the real issue is ... what is interesting is that the majority of TCP traffic appears to be coming from Apache?

WEBDAV
and
PROPFIND

returning codes like:
HTTP/1.1 302 found
HTTP/1.1 405 method not allowed

It would appear that Apache is responding to the window's share request ... when I get a moment I will remove Xampp to confirm this is the issue.

 

[BJZeak]

So with XAMPP removed the error goes to 53 ... so although XAMPP was interacting with the mapping process this wasn't the reason for the lack of connection ... I made some more adjustments to this PC after attempts to connect to a C: folder also failed ... I still don't know if XAMPP and Shared drives can coexist but for the moment I now have the Share working on this external drive.