Has anybody tried installing Wamp server on windows8? Apache seem not to be starting. Any inputs would be appreciated.

I already fixed it. It seems its not a problem with windows8 afterall. I found out that a couple of programs conflict with Wamp server cause they make use of port 80 as well. In my case, it happened to be skype. The options available to make use of wamp server in this scenerio is either to quit your skype when ever you want to make use of wamp server or you change the port for your skype. This can be done from the login interface of the skype application. You click the file menu and you see options, on there you see a Check box saying something about using port 80 for alternative for connection. Uncheck it and you are good to go.

It's not Windows 8 specific. @Ponana just got the exact thing. Skype uses that Port: 80 and WAMP listens to same port too. That causes the issue of WAMP being offline. Note well that other applications could listen to same port. If you experience same problem after doing that of Skype, just change your Apache port to say 8080 or any Port that hasn't been used by any other installed application.