i have tried with both, an empty db and an exact copy of the master db.
however I'm also getting an additional error about a duplicate record, Thank you for your answer by the way, i've been dealing with this for more than 2 weeks now and have gotten absolutely no where...This is the error I'm getting:Error 'Operation CREATE USER failed for 'replication'@'%'' on query. Default database: 'mysql'. Query: 'CREATE USER 'replication'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '*****************'' However there is no user named "Replication" on the master (or slave)... and the error message is under last error, but clearing the error doesn't fix it, just gives another error, i spent a few hours 2 days ago, clearing the errors, deleting the replication user, and trying to reset the slave, and yet the same thing keeps happening.