Problem with MySQL installation

[mitsos]

Hi to everyone!!

 

Well, my case is (or at least looks) simple. I just want to install and configure my oscommerce shop in my Windows XP PC using apache,php,mysql and myphpadmin.

 

My programming knowledge is minimal (if not even less :) ) so I searched the forum for specific instructions.

 

I found the following link really helpful:

 

http://internetmaster.com/installtutoria

 

and thus I managed to install and run the apache server as well as the php support. (I can see the test.php page without any problems at http://localhost)

 

I followed the next instructions about the MySQL staff I downloaded the MySQL Control Center, I created the account as described in the web page but it cannot connect, giving me the message

 

[myserver] ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

 

I moved on with the installation of the phpmyadmin and according to the instructions a nice page should open at http://localhost/phpmyadmin

 

instead I get:

 

phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in config.inc.php and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.

 

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\web\phpmyadmin\libraries\auth\config.auth.lib.php:96) in c:\web\phpmyadmin\libraries\ob.lib.php on line 61

 

.....

 

Server localhost:3306

 

Error

 

MySQL said:

#2003 - Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

 

I know it might be very easy to solve but I've already got a headache after having sought the solution for some time :)

 

If anyone could be of help I would be really helpful!!!!

[nickos]

Are you checked for your mysql-nt.exe service is running. If not then goto mysql\bin directory and execute it, then, you must be able to conect to your server with any admin tool.

 

nickos