CAn't Connect through mysqld-nt

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Hi there, this is my first post, and it is pure newbie one,
Here is a summary;
am working on win2k os, downloaded phptriad, mysql4.xx, php5.xxx and installed them all, now when i start apache i can connect to my server (i.e 127.0.0.1) now for mysql, i noticed in task manager that there is mysql-opt is working, now from phptriad i run mysqlnt -d but i still can't connect to mysql using mysql FrontEnd, reading around, i tried mysqld-nt --console it says that there is another mysqld running on 3306, so changed the port for the mysqld section in my.cnf to 1234, but still can't connect, dows anyone have ideas here or there,
thanks in advance