As much as I’d love to chase down why php_gd2.dll wasn’t being recognized, I’m a busy guy and I have an editor waiting … so, let’s try XAMPP.

How to change phpMyAdmin password on XAMPP To change the phpMyAdmin password on XAMPP, you first need to launch the XAMPP Control Panel. Once it opens, click on the Admin button for MySQL.

This article covers a simple way to increase phpMyAdmin upload size on XAMPP by editing the upload_max_size and the post_max_size.