Hi, you can get phpMyAdmin from: http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ Read the docs of MySQL about installing it as a service. So you don't need to worry about starting and stopping it. A tutorial to install Apache, MySQL and PHP can be found at: http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless/ good luck Johannes -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]