Ultra Noob Question

[Quadhund]

I've been searching the forums looking for help on this, and run across a lot of threads titled "noob". But everytime I look through one, my question is even more basic than that.

How do I set up a MySQL server?

I downloaded this:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#win32
and ran the install (btw I am running on XP). I did a complete install. I then did a configure of MySQL server and which brought up an instance config wizard. I did a detailed config (as a server machine). I set it up as a multifunctional database with tcp/ip networking (and firewall exception for the port) with strict mode enabled. I used the password that was listed in the xp_mysql.ini file in the nwnx directory. I ran into an issue with the security as I must have had an old install of mysql (i dont remember what the password was either).

So maybe the better question should be how do I completely uninstall a previous MySQL and then reinstall it to work with nwnx?

Below is my ini nwnx file configs:
# The function class that is provided by this plugin
class = SQL

# MySQL server connection parameters
server = localhost
user = nwn
password = nwn2
schema = nwnx

# How much information should be written to xp_mysql.txt:
# 0=nothing, 1=only errors, 2=everything
loglevel = 2

# The function class that is provided by this plugin
class = SQLoff

# The database file that the SQLite engines stores its data in
file = C:\NWNX4\sqlite.db

# How much information should be written to xp_sqlite.txt:
# 0=nothing, 1=only errors, 2=everything
loglevel = 1