I still haven't figured out myself how to create a shell and use MySQL from the command line on my 2K box. If you know please follow Dave's advice.
What I can say from experience is the following:
Check in the system tray if the WinMySQL is running (you will see a traffic light).
If it's not running then go to C:\Program Files\mysql\bin\ or your equivelant path for your MySQL installation and run the winmysqladmin.exe.
Right mouse click on it and select Show Me
See the traffic light. If it is red then right mouse click on the top right area and select Start the service. Check if your forum works or not.
If your forum still doesn't work:
If the traffic light is green then right mouse click on the top right area and click Stop the service and shutdown the tool (you have to choose the right mouse menu option on the top right area)
Locate the file my.ini under your Windows folder and rename it to my.in_
Run again the WinMySQLAdmin and choose a user and a password. A new my.ini will be created under windows and the user will be added in the users table.
Failing all that delete the newly created my.ini and rename your old one my.in_ to my.ini
I ran out of suggestions now....
Warm regards
Nikos
