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Once it’s fully installed, go to the folder "c:\web\mysql\bin" and inside you will see a program called winmysqladmin.exe, which you should open. It will load up a prompt in which you will have to type in a username and password. This is just to create a MySQL login for you when you need to access the database from your scripts. For the username, choose "root", and the password doesn't matter too much since this is only a local server. If you want to enter a password, choose one that will be easy for you to remember, although it will always be accessibly through the my.ini file (located in "c:\Windows", or "c:\WINNT" for Windows 2K/NT users).
After accepting the login, you will see an application with quite a few options in it, and at the top-right hand corner a stoplight. If the stoplight is red, right click on it, and choose "Windows>Install the Service" (for Windows 2/NT users, it will be "Win NT>Install the Service"). Once completed, if the light is still red, right click on it again and click on "Start the Service" in the "Windows" or "Win NT" subdirectory.
You’re done!
The last thing we'll do is install phpMyAdmin, a great tool for managing MySQL Databases.
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