server will not start

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by mickey3506

Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server

There's this new site, google.com. Put that line above into the box above the "Google Search" button, and you should see a link to this article right at the top (can't miss it):

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html

Good luck.

[mickey3506]

got it thanks that was the problem

[Jolrak]

same problem tried all the same lines in SQL but nothing is working. When i type in all the commands in SQL for password changes i get 0 rows affected. is that normal? is there any other options?