fatto, modificato il my.ini

codice:
#This File was made using the WinMySQLAdmin 1.3 Tool
#02/06/2003 8.40.41

#Uncomment or Add only the keys that you know how works.
#Read the MySQL Manual for instructions

[mysqld]
basedir=C:/apache/mysql
#bind-address=127.0.0.1
datadir=C:/apache/mysql/data
#language=C:/apache/mysql/share/your language directory
#slow query log#=
#tmpdir#=
#port=3306
#set-variable=key_buffer=16M
[WinMySQLadmin]
Server=C:/apache/mysql/bin/mysqld-nt.exe
user=root
password=pippo
#Don't allow 'SHOW DATABASES'
skip-show-database
sono entrato non da root e niente ancora.peccato era solo un puntiglio, ma ci tenevo a non mostrare nulla via console o tramite client.