Hello,

I cann't seem to get MySQL server version 4.1.1.a-alpha to run on my win2k. I am only interested in a standalone system. So I don't need remote access.

This is what I had done:

1) I had version 4.0.18 installed before, it seems working OK except it dosen't support sub querries, so I downloaded version 4.1.1.a-alpha for
windows.

2)I probably didn't stop the 4.0.18 version service properly when I unzip the
new version and try to start the service. So when I try to connect to the server the client version is 4.1.1 alpha, but the server version is still displayed as 4.0.18 on WinMySQLadmin.

3)I tried to shutdown the service using various method, it dosen't work. I end up remove the entrie directory where the older version was installed, also deleted the directory where the new version was installed. then try to
unzip and install the new version again from scratch.

4) Afterwards, I went to consol window,

C:\mysql\bin>mysqld (nothing came out here)

then

C:\mysql\bin>mysql ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I tried to start the service with WinMySQLadmin, didn't work. I also tried to start MySQL service from windows control panel, got an error message:

Could not start mySQL service on local computer Error 1067: the process terminated unexpectedly

5) I finally decide to go back and reinstall version 4.0.18 again, but it behaved exactly the same.

Any help will be appreciated!

Peihong