el3ctronick

hi,i am having a probably simple problem but cannot solv it outhope that somebody will be able to help me!
i sucessfully installed winmysql 1.4 version and all commancs work fine from ms prompt.i am planning to use mysql with servlets so i installed odbc driver MyODBC-standard-3.51.9 for windows xp.
so, after the seon installation i wen to administrative tools--> data sources and then clicked on add to add the myodbc driver.i filled out correctly datasource name,description.in connecton parameters i added in host name "localhost" as i m gonna use the server only in my omputer and username,database name,port and password correctly.here comes the problem

when i press the button "test data source" i get the error message:
access denied for user myname@localhost (using password YES)

i have unlocked all privileges for my username but i till get same error.an you hep me please cause i am desperate?thank you