I am a newbee at forum boards. I downloaded the "self extracting" version of XAMPP for windows XP. I check to install all the services. That process went well. Now I started the Apache and tried to start MySQL. I went to the handy Control Panel and MySQL won't start. It tinkered around and finally got to the point where I had to enter a username and password.
The problem is I have not yet entered all MySQL data; namely
MySQL Host :This is usually localhost.
MySQL Database Name :
MySQL Username :
MySQL Password :
MySQL Table Prefix :
I have setup the database at my domain host, along with all the passwords - so I have all the information. I tried to start mysql_start.bat - but it just gave me an old DOS screen and no chance to enter data.
Question: How do I get all MySQL data entered into the XAMPP program? I have done searches on the problem and see something about a config. file - but I can't find that anywhere.
What is the magic to entering the basic MySQL data?