I finally found the command prompt, and im guessing its the "root" user as it requires a password, but as its a new installation etc i havent altered any usernames or created any passwords, so i just press enter and then im able to view the same info/text welcome to MySQL montitor ....etc etc
so i then did the exact same input to create a database (and left it as my_new_db_name as i figured i could change it later -
CREATE DATABASE <my_new_db_name>;
ERROR 1064 <42000> : You have an error in your SQL syntax: check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '<my_new_db_name>' at line 1
So as you mentioned its time to test the apache, and php
upon entering
http://localhost/ in the address bar Im unsure on wether its the apache welcome page - its a page which has the wampserver logo in the upper left hand side, then underneath lists the
server configurations
apache,
php versions,
the extentions, and
the MySQL version,
then underneath that is "tools"
phpinfo(), and
phpmyadmin
and under that is
"your projects",
"your virtual hosts",
"your aliases" which list a file phpmyadmin, sqlbuddy, and webgrind.