On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:55:40 +0200, maya <maya778899@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> just as I thought, am having a hard time running MySQL on Vista
> (Ultimate ed.) just downloaded mysql-5.0.45-win32.zip, installed fine
>
> but at the end of config I get firewall/port error, get told I have to
> add port.. I added port 3306, but still get exact same error at the end
> of configuration:
>
> Error 1045 - Access denied for user root@localhost using pswd YES (pswd
> YES?)

Default setup is AFAIK root WITHOUT password....

> and why, when you set up password, first field is "current" password?
> how am I supposed to know what "current" (or default, I suppose) pswd
> is? (I tried YES, then in other two fields put new pswd, but it still
> won't work..)
>
> and why can't I set up as a service? (that option is grayed out..)

No clue, WinXPx64 here.
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Rik Wasmus