Help me get off the first base!!!

[Stuart Roper]

I completely new to Mysql, I'm trying to follow some simple instructions but I just can't seem to get anywhere. I'm running it through XP, I've installed it and can get into winmysqladmin no problems at all. It didn't ask me for a password or anything when I started which some of the books suggested.

I set up a user s_roper with a password and went into the command prompt to create a database. I typed in the username and password and it was all correct but it just keeps saying access denied. I set up the root user and set a password for that but it keeps saying the same :access denied for user: 'root@localhost' <using password: Yes>

So I decided perhaps I'd done something wrong so I removed it and started again but it seems even when I remove it it still holds the passwords and users. I'm completely stuck

Any help at all would be most appriciated, once I get started I'll be fine!!