Comments on: Installing MySQL Server 5.1 on Windows

By: SQL Tutorial | Tutorials Mad

SQL Tutorial | Tutorials Mad — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:55:09 +0000

[...] SQL Server, DB2. For this tutorial I am going to use MySQL. Here is the detailed tutorial for installing and configuring MySQL. If you have any other database program installed in your Computer, then no problem, you can [...]

By: Leo_moon85

Leo_moon85 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:45:48 +0000

This is my 50th try and almost 20th article. But this is the one which saves me. Thanx for all.

By: Ajendra

Ajendra — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:35:12 +0000

Thankxxx! I have installed MySQL server 5.1 successfully through this artical.

By: urvashi

urvashi — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:34:28 +0000

thanxx a ton…it was so easy and nice guide !!! :D

By: deepak

deepak — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:02:45 +0000

during the installation process of MySQL Server 5.1 I am getting a messag that
“It seems that port number 3306 is already in use, are u sure to use it?”
and
when I press execute button to start the configuration, it is failed to start the service and I have no choice I have to cancel the installation.
Please help me.

By: Atul

Atul — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:11:23 +0000

whats the error no 1045

By: Harish

Harish — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:09:35 +0000

Thanks a lot …

By: nineein

nineein — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:27:49 +0000

This guide is really useful

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:39:02 +0000

Thank you for sharing this information, I need MySQL database for my Visual Basic Project.

Regards,

Kenneth

By: Sreekanth

Sreekanth — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:44:13 +0000

Hi Guys..I have installed successfully MySql through this Article but I want to give the catalog name to access test report data..how can I get the catalog name..

Any suggestions highly appreciated!!!!!

By: romegas

romegas — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:48:11 +0000

nice walkthroug, great work, thank you

By: tuckhx

tuckhx — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:21:10 +0000

If MySql was not install as a service. How can we start the database?

By: monica

monica — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35:47 +0000

Hi,
Very usefull artical… Thank you.
I have followed the steps and configured MySql sucessfully !

By: chemic

chemic — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:08:48 +0000

great tutorial, thanks a lot gan…….

By: John

John — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:41:29 +0000

Thank you,
Very helpful went like clockwork

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:12:56 +0000

correction server 5.1.35

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:00:54 +0000

I’m getting error 3306 having followed your instructions to a T.
Server version 7.
Even with the firewall turned off I get this error
MSQL is running but since the Security Settings didn’t go through I can not access from a command line because the password didn’t get installed.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:52:57 +0000

Mark A. Poncelet, tried this many times it did not work or fix my issue.

By: Mark A. Poncelet

Mark A. Poncelet — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:39:42 +0000

I just went through this process on Windows 2003, and found a few problems.

1. There was a legacy MySQL service entry in the registry that I had to clean up. I found it here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services

After that, I ran into the same problems you did. Here are my steps, in order, that allowed me to install version 5.1.34:

Run the wizard. Windows will fail to start the service.
Remove MySQL using the Configuration Wizard FIRST and then with the install package second.
Remove the MySQL program file install folder (mine was in C:\program files), but NOT the MySQL data folder (which was in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\). (This is important to get the service to start.)
Start the MySQL install process again. The service will start, but the wizard won’t be able to configure the database because it forgets to set the root password in the MySQL database.
Log into the MySQL database at the command line and set the Root password to the same one you used in the wizard. Flush tables and privileges.
Close the MySQL database and click retry on the wizard.
Get a beer, because it will work now.

By: wrw4

wrw4 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:56:57 +0000

I followed each step in detail and received an error: for “Start Service” “Could not start the service MySQL.Error: 0″ and the configuration stopped without applying the security settings? I was loading this on a Dell laptop so that I could teach myself Ruby…. Perplexed and confused.