Configuring MySQL

In fact, this isn’t the end of the installation after all. With some installers, a new screen pops up welcoming you to the MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard. If this does not occur, you will need to load this yourself. On Windows, click the Start menu, and then navigate through your program groups to MySQL ▸ MySQL Server 5.0 (or whichever version number you are using) ▸ MySQL Server Instance Config Wizard. Click Next.

Assuming that this is the first time you have installed MySQL on this machine, you can select Standard Configuration (if you are upgrading from an older version of MySQL, you need to select Detailed Configuration, but that is beyond the scope of this simple setup guide). Click Next. In the next dialog, leave ...

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