BI to MySQL: Connection not working

Hi,

I have been through the other forum posts to find a solution to my issue, however, none of them has worked!

When I try to "Get Data > MySQL > connect", I receive :The Error Pop-up

I tried all the solutions I could find in the forum (installing the 64-Bit ODBC connector, as well as the Connector/Net one), and have restarted to see if there were any registry updates or other restart required issues.

> Computer: Windows 7 (SP1), 64-Bit

> MySQL - database and server all on the same PC, same harddrive etc.

I can't seem to get it to connect at all!

Any other suggestions: I would be very willing to try!

Kind regards

Neil