WAMP 2.0f MySQL error

Posted January 8, 2009 * Comments(2)

So I just got this new “NetBook” and I go to install WAMP and everything goes great, until MySQL crashes hard for no reason.  An hour or so of searching found me a solution on the WAMP forums (which is probably the first place I should have looked…)

Posted by: HBK
Date: December 11, 2008 04:15AM
I found my solution for this. After trying all of the above it still would not work, but after going into services.msc (start–>run–>services.msc) I was able to get the mysql service working. 
Just click the “Log On” tab on the mysql service’s properties and check “Allow service to interact with the desktop.” I hope this helps others. :)  

This is probably the most obscure XAMP issue I’ve come across, and it’s nice to know that someone out there on the internet has come up with a solution.

3 cheers for helpful strangers.

2 Comments so far

  1. Mark on January 10th, 2009

    I’d run opensolaris. Go to http://opensolaris.com and get a free disk, kev. Sun now owns mySQL, so there should be little hassle. By the way, where in CA do you live? I’m in The Bay Area. :)

  2. admin on January 11th, 2009

    Yes, I’m also in the Bay Area.

    How did you hear about my blog?

    I dig your domain name ;)

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