Re: Cannot connect from localhost, but can connect from other machine

[Alexander Herpel]

Thank you for replying.

The trailing colon was just a typo by me. I cannot see that any parameters are wrong, because I can connect to the database from my Netbeans program, and I can connect from another computer (different user, not the 'root'account). I have tried setting up different accounts on localhost, but none can connect. I can log into ER modelling and editing thing's there with the connection using 'root' account on the localhost...

I tried editing the hosts file, adding bind parameter in the my.ini file and many others found on the net. Nothing seems to make me able to connect via Workbench.

The really odd thing is that the day I set up the database and got everything up and running there were no errors. But the next day I could not connect, and I have not changed any settings (firewall etc.)

I will try uninstalling everything and deleting every service and folder still left after uninstall, then do a fresh install.