Apache HTTP server on vista

I installed apache_2.2.11-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8i.msi on Vista on port 8080 for myself. Then, from the apache console, it tells me that there is no service, and the "start" button is disabled. The way I had to start it, is from the MS console: httpd.exe. When I start it, a Vista pop-up asks me if I want to open the firewall for this process. That's the way I start it.
It also starts from the menu /Control Apache Server/Start Apache in Console.
Could not start it from the "Apache Server Monitor"
Ah also, I had to go through the security vista nightmare to add files in htdocs in Program Files.