I am trying to setup this system for the first time in a corporate network. I consider myself pretty savy but this has got me pulling the little hairs out of my head.Here is what I did...hopefully someone can enlighten me to what is going on.Installed Windows 7 x64 and updatedAdd/Remove Features to add IIS, checking most everything including CGIInstalled the recommended stuff, SQLExpress 2014, php 5.3, php toolsCreated a database in SQL management studio called helpdeskDropped the contents of the Upload folder into a folder under wwwroot called HelpdeskDeleted web.config file in helpdesk folder as it was preventing the install.php from loading for some reason??Went to http://localhost/helpdesk/setup/install.phpAll stuff is checked and greenWhen I get to the database settings it bombs out with error:Database connection information Unable to connect to MySQL server. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused itHere is what I did to try and resolve:I disabled Windows FirewallI made sure SQL services were runningI use SQLCMD to test the login to the sql instance which worked fine using my sa credentials plus I can login through management studio just fineMy screen has this for details:Prefix - ost_Hostname - localhostDatabase - SQLEXPRESS (I tried sqlexpress and sqlexpress\helpdesk)Username - saPassword - ********
Please anyone that can help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!