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I used the user name "pma" (with no password) to login the phpMyAdmin page. However, it said that i have no previlege to create a database.
Why is it so ???
Also, i heard from a friend that i can try to login the phpMyAdmin page by using "root" (without any password). I tried it. But seems it doesn't work too.
Can anyone help ?

"pma" is only a service (internal) user for phpMyAdmin and not for general use. You must use "root".

but i cannot use "root" to go to the phpMyAdmin page

Then you have changed something.

then which part should i check in order to seek out the problematic part ?

then which part should i check in order to seek out the problematic part

A fresh XAMPP installation comes with the user "root" an no password. I've you can not log in with that user (access denied?) you have changed the password by yourself...

(Check your mind and remember that password

access denied
here is part of the code in \phpMyAdmin\confid.inc.php

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$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = ''; // MySQL port - leave blank for default port
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = ''; // Path to the socket - leave blank for default socket
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp'; // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql'; // The php MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli')
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = FALSE; // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection
// (requires PHP >= 4.3.0)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma'; // MySQL control user settings
// (this user must have read-only
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = ''; // access to the "mysql/user"
// and "mysql/db" tables).
// The controluser is also
// used for all relational
// features (pmadb)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http'; // Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)?
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; // MySQL user
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // MySQL password (only needed
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the password of the "root" user has been set to empty
but cannot go to the phpMyAdmin page using "root"

the password of the "root" user has been set to empty

That's not important. Because the MySQL users/password are stored directly in MySQL and not in a config file (for a "simply" PHP script).

BTW:
That's not a clean XAMPP installation...

thx Wiedmann
Eventually i had my xampp uninstalled n reinstalled
And now it works