Can I install WordPress on Windows 2000?
Do NOT use MySQL database version 4.1.7 if you are trying to get WordPress installed using a Windows platform. Read this post originally made to the forums: “To all those having problems installing WordPress on your own Windows 2000 (and other Win OS versions) workstation – and maybe some host servers, too: Do not use MySQL 4.1.7 – it is the problem if you get “Error establishing a database connection!”. It does not seem compatible with the other components. Use MYSQL 4.0.22 instead. Thanks to the Reply by ADAMANT in response to the POST of Nov 6, 2004 02:21:29 by ANTOINE, the WordPress installation really did become only 5 minutes, after two days of frustration: I started with Windows 2000, PHP 4.3.9, Apache 1.3.33 and MySQL 4.1.7. I spent two days checking my wp-config.php literally 100 times; making changes; troubleshooting my database, using every known name for my host (localhost, 127.0.0.1,
