phpmyadmin error #1045 help

I downloaded MySQL and PHP. My MySQL username is root and my password is root. But when ever i type that in to log into phpmyadmin, i get "#1045 Cannot log in to the MySQL server". can anyone help???

Look at this page http://tekxplorer.blogspot.com/2010/05/phpmyadmin-mysql-error-1045-access.html or try MyWebSQL http://download.cnet.com/MyWebSql/3000-10254_4-75439817.html