Install connect problem HELP

[kkathman]

Good day!

I was in the process of installing Apache, PHP and MySQL. On loading MySQL, there is step where you must issue a command:

c:\mysql\bin\ mysqladmin -uroot password <yourpass>

when I do this, I get an error:

MYSQLADMIN: connect to server at 'localhost' failed.
error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)'
Check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306.
You can check this by doing 'telenet localhost 3306'

When I try to telnet with that statement, I get:

Connecting to localhost...Could not open connection to the host. on port 3306.
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

I am not near savvy enough to know what the problem is. I have a switch for my DSL at my house (yes it has a built in firewall) but since I am installing it on my own computer here locally, I dont think it should be a problem.

ANy suggestions? Im running XP home editon, by the way.

Thanks in advance!
kkathman

[undertow]

Make sure the MySQL server is running first. Start it with safe_mysqld which is in <PREFIX>\bin. This will invoke mysqld-nt (on Windows, if I remember correctly). You may also want to follow instructions for setting up MySQL as an NT service so you can start and stop it with net start mysql[d] and net stop mysql[d] (not sure if you need the "d").