title: Xampp The MySQL server is not running or is blocked by a firewall
body: <p>I have installed XAMPP 1.8.1 on my machine, and I am able to connect to both the service, and phpmyadmin. Then I tried to change the security, but I faced the issue:  </p>
  
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    <p>"The MySQL server is not running or is blocked by a firewall! Please check this problem first..."</p>
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