[a_pond_sturgeon]

Try this:

Open up the DOS promt, or just go to start, run, then type in "command" without quotes.

(Make sure, you have winmysqladim running)

Then type in- c:\mysql\bin\mysql.exe

Then type in- --user=root eq

Then type in- GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '%'@127.0.0.1 IDENTIFIED BY '%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

That should help, it worked for me, just my 2cp.