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Mikep: That’s exactly why I’m trying to get xampp to work on my system, but being totally new to apache, mysql & php I need very detailed step-by-step instructions….

Podz: Having looked on the apachefriends forum & faq I decided I needed to find mysql_start.bat. The nearest I could find was mysql_installservice.bat, so I double-clicked & it told me the service had started successfully….but after xampp_start I still got the error message + Mysql “Deactivated”

So, I went to MySqlManager/MySql and found a registration form. As the default settings appeared to be correct I clicked Register. I tried xampp_start again but still no joy. (I did, however, get a traffic light icon in my taskbar which turned out to be WinMySqlAdmin1.4, which looks very useful but I can’t do anything with it at this stage)

It seems to me there must be one fundamental step which I’ve missed out which anyone with any experience would do automatically…

I’m using XP Home.

Hi Noname: The xampp version was neither of those you mention but the Installer one (“Easy and safe: XAMPP with a comfortable installer,” according to Apachefriends).

Before I go any further I should perhaps ask “safe from what?” What are the dangers I should be aware of?

I’ve sorted out the firewall & don’t have any proxies (I think). So I clicked xampp_start, got the sidebar & decided to check “XAMPP Status”. It said MySQL database& FTP Service were deactivated. How do I fix these? I really appreciate all your help.

Podz – The weirdest thing has just happened. Having read the topic/thread “Can’t load index.php” above, I decided to try “localhost/index.php” in the addressbar.

So I went to xampp dir, clicked on start.exe & lo & behold, before I could type in the new address, the sidebar appeared & the addressbar read localhost/index.php, although I hadn’t actually changed it!

Anyway, next hurdle: Having clicked on phpmyadmin I get error message 2003, which MySQL site describes thus:

Error: 2003 (CR_CONN_HOST_ERROR)
Message: Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘%s’ (%d)

Any ideas? Am turning in now, will check back in the morning.

When I clicked ‘setup_xampp.bat’ a black screen popped up saying: “Sorry but nothing to do – click any key to continue” So I did. I then tried both https://localhost/xampp/ and https://localhost/ and got the “Connection refused…” message.

By the way, going back a step in your instructions (4. Note where your index.php is), I didn’t know where to find index.php. Could this be pertinent?

Wow, that was a quick response! Thanks podz. I’ve now tried https://localhost/xampp/ & get the following message: “The connection was refused when attempting to connect to localhost”.