Bill Karwin wrote:

> This is an Access Denied error. Have you read the page in the docs about
> this? There are many potential causes for this error.
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...ss-denied.html

I'm afraid that stuff is way over my head.

> Also check the Windows Event Log.
> Start Menu -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
> Look in the 'Application' group, sort by the 'Source' column, and look for
> MySQL.
> Do you find any error reports of a crashing MySQL service?
> This suggestion is based on the following bug log:
> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=12234
> "Signal 11 Service Startup Abort for New Installation"

No errors there. All the MySQL entries say "Information" in that column.

> Which release of MySQL 5.0 are you using? The current release is 5.0.19.

Yes, that's the one I just downloaded. I guess I'm kind of stuck now. I
don't think I know enough to manually fix this problem. I don't know how
to find out more about the port being used (if that's the case).