Quick Tips for Other Windows Operating Systems

If you're using Windows 95, 98 or ME do not run mysqld --install . These operating systems don't have the ability to host a "service." So, you need to run MySQL as a standalone application by executing the command mysqld --standalone .

I haven't run MySQL on these systems myself, so, for more information, check out the Starting MySQL on Windows 95, 98 or Me and Running MySQL on Windows sections of the manual or explore the MySQL Win32 Mailing List Archive .