#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using pas

[kaidranzer]

I installed XAMPP for the 1st time and when i try to open http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ , it says:

Error

MySQL said:
#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)


Its been 3 days now and frustration is over the roof pls pls help me out here