Unable to install and run Apache httpd as Windows service

[Matthew M]

I know this has been asked half a dozen times
recently, but I haven't found a solution that works
for me.

I was able to install and run sshd as a service with
no problem (except I have to restart sshd after
booting the computer), but I'm having no such luck
with httpd.

Apache 1.3.29 has worked fine manually for weeks by
/usr/sbin/httpd  or
/usr/sbin/apachectl start/stop

Using information from these web pages:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/cygwin.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg00285.html
http://www.zemiandeng.com/zdengwiki/moin.cgi/HttpServer

I ran many variations on these commands:
root@machine ~
$ cygrunsrv -I httpd -p /usr/sbin/httpd -a "-f
/etc/apache/httpd.conf"

I've done this with and without specifying the config
file, and with and without -F option.  I've also
included 'User SYSTEM' in my httpd.conf per Bert's
suggestion:
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-02/msg00414.html 
All with the same result:

root@machine ~
$ cygrunsrv -S httpd
cygrunsrv: Error starting a service:
QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control
request in a timely fashion.

I can see in my Windows services panel that httpd is
installed, but it perpetually shows httpd as
"starting," and it won't actually run.

root@machine ~
$ cygrunsrv -E httpd
cygrunsrv: Error stopping a service:
QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control
request in a timely fashion.

root@machine ~
$ cygrunsrv -R httpd
cygrunsrv: Error removing a service: ControlService: 
Win32 error 1061:
The service cannot accept control messages at this
time.

Though it does show the service as removed on next
reboot.

At some point in the installation of sshd as a
service, it created the (disabled) Windows user named
sshd, but no corresponding httpd user was ever created
for Apache during that installation.

Are there any more suggestions, or am I doomed to run
Apache manually unless I install the native windows
version?

btw, Apache 1.3.33 would never run even manually,
perhaps because it was looking in the wrong
directories for the modules.

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