Please do not double post, it is bad forum etiquette and you will only be answered in one of your post anyway - so would you be so kind as to delete your duplicate post in the MySQL forum, thank you kindly.____________________________
Have you advanced searched the
XAMPP for Windows forum for
mysql can't (
or won't)
start as this has been addressed many times before.
Are you logged into Vista as an administrator?
Have you disabled UAC?
What do you see when you run
xampp-portcheck.exe from the xampp folder?
What do you see when you go to:
http://localhost/If you see the
XAMPP Welcome Page, can you run all the demos including the
CD Collection demo?
What do you see when you go to:
http://localhost/phpmyadminHow do you know that MySQL has not started?
The screen cap appears to say it has started.
What do you see when you run
xampp-control.exe from the xampp folder?
Can you
Start MySQL from the
XAMPP Control Panel?
Warning -
DO NOT click on the
Admin... button next to MySQL in the XAMPP Control Panel or you will have even more trouble to sort out.