title: XAMPP on windows 7 not working properly
body: <p>I just installed XAMPP lite on Windows 7. I have two drives - C: for the OS and regular files, and an external drive E:. I installed XAMPP lite on E: (on the root), and its been giving me problems. Apache works well enough, but MySQL doesn't work. When I go to <a href="http://localhost/phpmyadmin/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost/phpmyadmin/</a>, it gives me the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error
  
  MySQL said: 
  #2003 - Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
  Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas as to what could be the problem? I used the zip file for XAMPP lite, the 32 bit version. This is on Windows 7 Home premium.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>