What do we know so far about MySQL from the installation? Well, we know that we have a root account with a password, which we have just set. What else? Recall that we were quite sneaky and told the MySQL installer to place the Bin directory in the Windows PATH variable. This is very good news because it makes it easy to test whether the server is up and running from anywhere on the command line.
If you go to the Start menu at the bottom left hand corner of your screen and open up the options therein, you should be able to see that a new program has been added to the list presented there. Click MySQL and follow the options to open the MySQL Command Line Client. This will open up a command line that will prompt you for your password. Enter the very same one you set during the installation in order to bring up the mysql> prompt, which lets you know that you are now able to run commands against your MySQL server.
Since we want to quickly ensure that everything is going according to plan, type in the following at the prompt: