I am a newbie to localhost server/database trying to find a way through localhost joomla server to create a website. I installed Xampp & configured succesfully, after that when i am trying to install joomla, it's giving me the errors (see attached image).
http://imageshack.com/a/img703/9022/e8yk.jpg
I can browse Apache Admin tab (Xampp page http://localhost:8080/xampp/) but when i try MySQL Admin tab(http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/), it doesn't load..clearly it means i have problem with MySQL connection.
Note:
1. 3306 port is allowed in firewall.
2. I didn't set a password for MySQL (it's my first setup for it)
3. I don't have any previous MySQL installed. (MSSQL is installed though.)
Thanks in advance!!