Keep trying every so often with installs as per the MySQL install for Win XP then going to Services and starting MySql which returns an "Error 1067-the process terminated unexpectedly" on every install.Installing from the 2 files (MySql and Perl) from your download page. Installation was as per your install instructions for XP. Never had this problem when I installed on any previous installs although I did install on different pc's in the past.
I done a web search on the error 1067 and reading through them all it only shows that there should be a my.cnf or ini file pointing to the locations of the lib's... If it does'nt then run the Security Centre's "setup.exe" file to create it, but, I can't find the command to run this file from within the security centre.
Andy.