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Password lost for new install - what can I do?


Nuser

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I am a MySQL newbie.  To complete the install quickly to play with it I entered no password.  I was then unable to connect to the service using MySQL Admin.  I did start the MySQL service and it is running.  I took all defaults on the install.
Since I could not connect I uninstalled MySQL, rebooted, deleted the MySQL directory, re-installed, entered a password this time during config, but it still fails to connect and says my pwd is probably invalid.  Where is it hiding the old pwd?  I delete c:\pf\mysql. 

Is it some other problem?  Should I always expect a default install of the latest MySQL on Windows XP to be so difficult?  I am about to give up and just go with the free version of MS SQL server.

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