I really appreciate all the answers so far! I am a very big newbie to anything with in this subject as you guys already know!

I am just wondering how to start heidisql? The repack already installs the program for you and in my mariadb in program files I have the mysql client and a cmd prompt for mariadb. Both of those are command prompts but with different names. When I choose the one labeled mysql it opens up a cmd prompt window asking for a password, ive tried admin, password, pass, yes, no etc but it keeps giving me an error. Is this the route I am supposed to go? I am sorry if this is terribly obvious to some.