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Thanks I was just about to ask you what I should do if i did not know my yroot password!

Wait you are right! I am an idiot – I did not sign in as yroot, but as the user I created. Will let you know if I you have fixed this for me in a sec!

Do you know how I could drop mysql altogether and start fresh? I think the sencond warning showed up after I repaired mysql from the manage mysql control panel. Maybe if I started over I could skip the problem? I have tried reload ing phpmyadmin, but to no effect.

Thanks again! will try right away and let you know. ??

okay, it won’t let me create the user same error (access denied using password yes)

I also found the folloing error on my privilages page:

Warning: Your privilege table structure seem to be older than this MySQL version!
Please run the script mysql_fix_privilege_tables that should be included in your MySQL server distribution to solve this problem!

Do you know how I do this?

Thanks febwa1976. I am new at this! I’ll try it and let you know if it worked. Can’t see why I would get an error granting permissions to the main user though? Back in a jiffy!

Sorry about the headline! I thought I was doing a search!

However since I have started this I might as well explain. We just closed our Yahoo web hosting acount and moved over to their Small Business hosting. In trying to install wordpress I find I am unable to grant my created mysql user privileges with the result that wordpress cannot be installed. The error I get when I try to grant privileges through phpmyadmin os access denied using password yes. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix?

I should probably point out that I am a complete novice with absolutely no programming experience so I would apprecite any advice you give me to be spelled out at the level of your average three year old. Thanks!

I have not been able to install worpress because of a problem I am having with phpadmin and mysql. everytime I try to grant privileges to my mysql user so that I can install wordpress. The message I get is access denied (using password YES). I have looked online and tried a couple things in the coding and successfully locked myself out of phpadmin! I have since reverted the code tried installing wordpress anyway and while I have changed localhost to mysql every action wordpress takes to install is blocked because I have failed in my quest to grant myself privileges. Should I be using a different administrator or is there a fix for the error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!