Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 97

To install the MySQL server as a service but not have it started automatically at startup, uncheck the
box next to the Launch the MySQL Server Automatically option.
2.10.3.11. The Security Options Dialog
It is strongly recommended that you set a
Server Instance Configuration Wizard requires by default that you do so. If you do not wish to set a
password, uncheck the box next to the Modify Security Settings option.
root
To set the
root
boxes. If you are reconfiguring an existing server, you need to enter the existing
the Current root password box.
To permit
root
remote machines option. This decreases the security of your
MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard
do not choose a different service for each installed version then the service
manager information will be inconsistent and this will cause problems when you
try to uninstall a previous version.
If you have already installed multiple versions using the same service name,
you must manually edit the contents of the
\CurrentControlSet\Services
update the association of the service name with the correct server version.
Typically, when installing multiple versions you create a service name based on
the version information. For example, you might install MySQL 5.x as mysql5,
or specific versions such as MySQL 5.0.56 as mysql50056.
password, enter the desired password into both the New root password and Confirm
logins from across the network, check the box next to the Enable root access from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
parameters within the Windows registry to
password for your MySQL server, and the MySQL
root
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password into
root
account.