Thread:Project:Support desk/How to install MediaWiki Version 1.23.5?/reply

> I thought MediaWiki creates the database by itself

No, it will create the tables into the database, that's why it needs the password ;)

> and sets the password?!?

No :) The user has to be created for MediaWiki (with a password). With this credentials, MediaWiki will create the tables into an existing database (you have to create this database, too). For this you can use phpMyAdmin (should be included in XAMPP).