title: Changing forgotten root password MySQL 5.7.4
body: <p>As title states I'm trying to change a forgotten MySQL root password. I followed the instructions detailed by Omar Bourja <a href="https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=79027" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> (running the MySQL server with the <code>--skip-grant-tables</code> option &amp; then using <code>update mysql.user set authentication_string=password('MyNewPass') where user='root';</code>).</p>
  
  <p>But while the action output shows that change went through (<code>1 row(s) affected Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0</code>), I'm still not able to login as root with the new password.</p>
  
  <p>I'm working in MySQL Workbench on Windows Server 2012. It should maybe also be noted that under services the MySQL57 service status is 'stopped' but mysqld is running as a process.</p>
  
  <p>This is all still very new to me so please keep that in mind. Thanks in advance!</p>