Bill Karwin wrote:

First off, thanks very much for responding.


> Is there something else using port 3306?
>
> C:> netstat -ao
>
> Look for "hostname:3306" in the local address. The rightmost column should
> be the process ID.

Yes, it is listed with a PID of 716.

>
> C:> tasklist /fi "PID eq NNN"
>
> Where NNN is the process ID number you got from netstat.

This says: 'tasklist' is not recognizable as an internal or external
command, operable program or batch file.

> Another place to look for clues: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
> 5.0\data\<hostname>.err" Look for error messages that may explain why the
> service won't start.

I searched for '3306' in this file, and it appears in several places,
but they all look something like this:

060325 16:44:17 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
060325 16:44:20 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.19-nt' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
060325 16:46:39 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.0\bin\mysqld-nt: Normal shutdown


> Also try starting and stopping the service from the command-line:
>
> C:> net start mysql

I get: The requested service has already been started.

> C:> net stop mysql

And: The MySQL service is stopping..
The MySQL service was stopped successfully.


So it seems like it is already running, but I don't know what that
means, since the configuration wizard never completed.