[b]I have just downloaded WAMP and when I try to run MySql is disconnects after a couple of seconds. I view my phpMyAdmin localhost page and on the left side of the screen it displays:[/b] Error SQL query: SELECT COUNT( * ) AS num FROM `information_schema`.`COLUMNS` MySQL said: #1 - Can't create/write to file 'C:\Program Files\xampp\tmp\#sql_608_0.MYI' (Errcode: 2) [b]Also in the "mysql error log" this is what is happening:[/b] 060212 18:03:17 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655 060212 18:03:17 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ? 060212 18:03:17 [ERROR] Aborting 060212 18:03:17 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 060212 18:03:19 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 43655 060212 18:03:19 [Note] c:\wamp\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt.exe: Shutdown complete Thanks, bill