got passed that error...now I am at
Code:
D:\EQEmu>world
[Debug] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_debug_world_2264.log
[Debug] [WORLD__INIT] Loading server configuration..
[Debug] [WORLD__INIT] Log settings loaded from log.ini
[Debug] [WORLD__INIT] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.7.0
[Debug] [WORLD__INIT] Connecting to MySQL...
[Error] Starting Log: logs/eqemu_error_world_2264.log
[Error] Failed to connect to database: Error: #1251: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client
[Debug] [WORLD__INIT_ERR] Cannot continue without a database connection.
D:\EQEmu>
I am running mysql.5.0.51b-community-nt.