You mention the Windows installer has Hung. I have seen this before...try killing the process with task manager and then log into your server via the client.
-- Sent from my HTC Desire on 3 -- ----- Reply message ----- From: "ext Tyler Poland" <tpol...@engineyard.com> Date: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 17:50 Subject: uninstall/reinstall To: "mysql@lists.mysql.com" <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Tammie, You might just try resetting the root password http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-windows. Hope this helps, Tyler On 10/19/10 12:38 PM, Montgomery, Tammie wrote: > I had an old version of mySQL on my computer but never used it. I thought I > knew the root password but it wouldn't let me in. I went ahead and > uninstalled it thinking I would get a newer version anyway. I used the > Windows interface to uninstall the previous version. It appeared to be gone > but when I installed the new version, it asked me what the previous root > password was and then give new one. I left previous blank and gave it the new > password. Now it has been sitting at the screen in the configuration wizard > for Apply security settings for about 20 minutes. How should I recover from > this? > > Barracuda 400 vers 3.5.12 Checked - Virus Free > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=andrew.2.mo...@nokia.com
