Thread:Project:Support desk/For *computer-novices*: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Hello,

Is there a user-friendly way for a novice to get around this error: `DB connection error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost)'?

I have searched around both on here and elsewhere and the answers seem really complicated (I don't know how to shell command line type various routines; I am novice). In order to install MediaWiki, I searched around, reading, and used a YouTube tutorial, gleaning the latest MediaWiki 1.17.0, and XAMPP 1.7.7. On step four of the MediaWiki installation onto my server (Connect to Database), I get the above message. But, in both myPHPAdmin and MySQL, I set the username to root, added a password, and granted all privileges (privileges --> Edit privileges). This is the height of folly. Can I do anything in myPHP to resolve the issue?

Take care.

p.s., I am trying to put up a Wiki for a new history of science and technology course (ironic)