I downloaded 5.5 for use under Vista and Windows 7, and found that only the instance configurator worked. From the command line there was no way to run "mysql.exe"; there was simply no authorization for any user to run. Often a complaint appeared that "authentication_string" had no default value.
I therefore downloaded and installed 5.1. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org