Is this username and password only for winmysqladmin?
[mysqld]
basedir=C:/mysql
#bind-address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
datadir=C:/mysql/data
#language=C:/mysql/share/your language directory
#slow query log#=
#tmpdir#=
#port=xxxx
#set-variable=key_buffer=16M
[WinMySQLadmin]
Server=C:/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
user=root@localhost
password=xxxxxxx